[ANN] fastjsond 1.0.2 – high performance JSON parser / drop-in for std.json

federikowsky fedefilippi00 at gmail.com
Mon Jan 12 15:55:36 UTC 2026


Hi all,

I'm the author/maintainer of **fastjsond**, a JSON library for D 
built on top of simdjson. It aims to accelerate parsing and 
serialization while being transparent to use. The goal is to 
offer a drop-in replacement for `std.json` with significantly 
higher performance.

**Why**: When dealing with large JSON volumes, `std.json` can 
become a bottleneck. I needed something faster without changing 
the API.

**What it is**:

- SIMD-accelerated parser and serializer: According to the 
benchmarks in the README, on a MacBook Pro M4 fastjsond reads 
1 MB in 0.59 ms vs 8.45 ms for `std.json` (~14x) and 10 MB in 
6.8 ms vs 82 ms.
- Two APIs: a native zero‑copy API for maximum speed and a 
`std.json` compatible API for easy migration.
- Auto‑detects SIMD instruction sets (AVX2, SSE4.2, NEON) and 
supports `@nogc`.

**Minimal drop‑in example**:

```d
import fastjsond.std; // replaces std.json

auto json = parseJSON(`{"name":"Aurora","version":2}`);
string name = json["name"].str;
long ver   = json["version"].integer;
```

Or the native zero‑copy API:

```d
import fastjsond;

auto parser = Parser.create();
auto doc    = parser.parse(`{"name":"Aurora","version":2}`);
const(char)[] name = doc.root["name"].getString; // slice into 
original buffer
```

**How to try**:

With Dub:

```json
"dependencies": { "fastjsond": "~>1.0.2" }
```

Or via:

```bash
dub add fastjsond
```

The project is on GitHub: 
https://github.com/federikowsky/Fastjsond. I'm looking for 
feedback on the API, real-world use cases and honest limitations 
(the native API isn't thread-safe, and strings are valid only 
while the document exists). Pull requests are welcome.

If you try it in practice, I'm interested to hear how it behaves 
and what trade‑offs you encounter. Thanks!


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