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edn vs json: What are the differences?
Developers describe edn as "'edn implements a reader for Extensible Data Notation by Rich Hickey.'". 'edn implements a reader for Extensible Data Notation by Rich Hickey.'. On the other hand, json is detailed as "This is a JSON implementation as a Ruby extension in C". This is a JSON implementation as a Ruby extension in C.
edn and json belong to "RubyGems Packages" category of the tech stack.
edn and json are both open source tools. json with 601 GitHub stars and 276 forks on GitHub appears to be more popular than edn with 97 GitHub stars and 23 GitHub forks.
edn Stats
- Dependent Packages Counts - 14
json Stats
- Dependent Packages Counts - 7.8K
edn Vulnerabilities
No Vulnerabilities found
json Vulnerabilities
- Unsafe object creation in json RubyGemHigh
- JSON gem has Improper Input Validation vulnerabilityHigh
edn Release info
Latest version
1.1.1
MIT
json Release info
Latest version
2.6.3
Ruby
What is edn?
'edn implements a reader for Extensible Data Notation by Rich Hickey.'.
What is json?
This is a JSON implementation as a Ruby extension in C.
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