YAML Alternatives

YAML is described as '1.2

YAML: YAML Ain't Markup Language' and is an app in the development category. There are nine alternatives to YAML for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Self-Hosted apps. The best YAML alternative is Markdown, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like YAML are TOML, JSON, R Markdown and XML.

YAML

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YAML 1.2

YAML: YAML Ain't Markup Language

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Markdown
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Free • Open Source
Code Editor
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8 Markdown alternatives
Markdown is a text-to-HTML conversion tool for web writers. Markdown allows you to write using an easy-to-read, easy-to-write plain text format, then convert it to structurally valid XHTML (or HTML).
- - Markdown is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to YAML.
- - Markdown is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to YAML.
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1. Support for MarkDownMarkdown supports MarkDown for document formatting.
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Discontinued
Last update was in Dec 2004. The original app is no longer developed but the Markdown language continues in use and support through many other projects.
TOML
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Free • Open Source
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6 TOML alternatives
TOML aims to be a minimal configuration file format that's easy to read due to obvious semantics. TOML is designed to map unambiguously to a hash table. TOML should be easy to parse into data structures in a wide variety of languages.
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TOML Features
1. Support for MarkDownTOML supports MarkDown for document formatting.
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The most user-friendly config format hands down!
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JSON
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Free • Proprietary
Self-Hosted
JavaScript
5 JSON alternatives
JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight data-interchange format. It is easy for humans to read and write. It is easy for machines to parse and generate. It is based on a subset of the JavaScript Programming Language, Standard ECMA-262 3rd Edition - December 1999.
- - JSON is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to YAML.
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Independent
R Markdown
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7 R Markdown alternatives
The rmarkdown package helps you create dynamic analysis documents that combine code, rendered output (such as figures), and prose. You bring your data, code, and ideas, and R Markdown renders your content into a polished document that can be used to:
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R Markdown Features
Literate programming
XML
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Free • Proprietary
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7 XML alternatives
Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language that defines a set of rules for encoding documents in a format which is both human-readable and machine-readable.
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XML Features
1. Support for MarkDownXML supports MarkDown for document formatting.
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CommonMark
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8 CommonMark alternatives
For short it's the Markdown syntax standard. It replaces the old original Markdown.
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CommonMark Features
1. Support for MarkDownCommonMark supports MarkDown for document formatting.
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MessagePack
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Free • Open Source
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BSD
6 MessagePack alternatives
MessagePack is an efficient binary serialization specification that lets you exchange data among multiple languages like JSON but quicker and with a lower overhead.
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Protocol Buffers
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Android
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6 Protocol Buffers alternatives
Protocol buffers are Google's language-neutral, platform-neutral, extensible mechanism for serializing structured data – think XML, but smaller, faster, and simpler. You define how you want your data to be structured once, then you can use special generated source code to...
- - Protocol Buffers is the most popular Android alternative to YAML.
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Eno
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Free • Open Source
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6 Eno alternatives
The eno notation language is a plain-text data format designed for file-based content. The language itself is very simple but expressive enough to be able to handle massive databases, while libraries are available across multiple languages including JavaScript, Python, Ruby and...
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