# go-json
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Fast JSON encoder/decoder compatible with encoding/json for Go
# Installation
```
go get github.com/goccy/go-json
```
# How to use
Replace import statement from `encoding/json` to `github.com/goccy/go-json`
```
-import "encoding/json"
+import "github.com/goccy/go-json"
```
# JSON library comparison
| name | encoder | decoder | compatible with `encoding/json` |
| :----: | :------: | :-----: | :-----------------------------: |
| encoding/json | ○ | ○ | N/A |
| [json-iterator/go](https://github.com/json-iterator/go) | ○ | ○ | △ |
| [easyjson](https://github.com/mailru/easyjson) | ○ | ○ | ✗ |
| [gojay](https://github.com/francoispqt/gojay) | ○ | ○ | ✗ |
| [segmentio/encoding/json](github.com/segmentio/encoding/json) | ○ | ○ | ○ |
| [jettison](github.com/wI2L/jettison) | ○ | ✗ | ✗ |
| [simdjson-go](https://github.com/minio/simdjson-go) | ✗ | ○ | ✗ |
| go-json | ○ | ○ | ○ |
- `json-iterator/go` isn't compatible with `encoding/json` in many ways, but it hasn't been supported for a long time.
# Benchmarks
```
$ cd benchmarks
$ go test -bench .
```
## Encode
## Decode
# License
MIT