Saxon is where it's at. When XSLT 3.0 tells a joke, it starts with "a JSON walks...

mdaniel · on Nov 29, 2023

Now that is just aggressively dumb: https://github.com/Saxonica/Saxon-HE/tree/SaxonHE12-3/12#sou... and https://github.com/Saxonica/Saxon-HE/tree/SaxonHE12-3/12/sou... (not even the decency to use .gitattributes so it knows the files are binary)

FWIW https://saxonica.plan.io/projects/saxonmirrorhe/repository seems to be the for-real source repo

suchar · on Nov 30, 2023

I do not see license in either repository and it seems that this tool only has 30 day evaluation tier for free. Anyway, using this means that you have dependency on a single vendor and you accept their future pricing changes.

Now compare this with JSON ecosystem

pestaa · on Nov 30, 2023

Their "home" edition is open source and way more capable than anything I've seen for other formats.

Saxonica, the company behind it, has been critical for the evolution of the XML ecosystem.

I agree that lack of alternatives sucks but the breadth of options you refer to is backed by an army of open source volunteers.