Alternatives to yamerl

YAML parsers

  • yamler:
  • Based on libyaml, wrapped in a NIF
  • Support YAML 1.1
  • Faster than yamerl
  • Support Erlang atoms, however, single-quoted scalar are treated as atom, which breaks the YAML specifications
  • Don’t support Erlang fun()

JSON parsers

  • mochijson2, provided by Mochiweb:
  • A lot faster than yamerl