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yam

yaml

JavaScript parser and stringifier for YAML

26.2M
817
Built-in
ISC
js-yaml

js-yaml

JavaScript YAML parser and dumper. Very fast.

58M
5.7K
DefinitelyTyped
MIT
gatsby-transformer-yaml

gatsby-transformer-yaml

The fastest frontend for the headless web. Build modern websites with React.

14K
54.1K
No support
MIT
yaml-ast-parser

yaml-ast-parser

This is a fork of JS-YAML which supports parsing of YAML into AST

2.6M
70
Built-in
Apache-2.0
yam

yamljs

Standalone JavaScript YAML 1.2 Parser & Encoder. Works under node.js and all major browsers. Also brings command line YAML/JSON conversion tools.

2.4M
851
DefinitelyTyped
MIT
gm

gray-matter

Smarter YAML front matter parser, used by metalsmith, Gatsby, Netlify, Assemble, mapbox-gl, phenomic, vuejs vitepress, TinaCMS, Shopify Polaris, Ant Design, Astro, hashicorp, garden, slidev, saber, sourcegraph, and many others. Simple to use, and battle tested. Parses YAML by default but can also parse JSON Front Matter, Coffee Front Matter, TOML Front Matter, and has support for custom parsers. Please follow gray-matter's author: https://github.com/jonschlinkert

978K
2.9K
Built-in
MIT
yaml-unist-parser

yaml-unist-parser

A YAML parser that produces output compatible with unist

50.9K
20
Built-in
MIT
ny

node-yaml

A wrapper for js-yaml parser

28.4K
25
No support
MIT
yy

yawn-yaml

YAML parser that preserves comments and styling

5.9K
DefinitelyTyped
MIT
mym

markdown-yaml-metadata-parser

Parse YAML metadata (front matter) in a markdown document

2.2K
27
No support
MIT
nmf

next-mdx-frontmatter

Use MDX + front-matter with Next.js

129
27
No support
MIT
sls-yaml

sls-yaml

Serverless framework yaml extension compiler and more

22
2
Built-in
MIT
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