MAML – a new configuration language (similar to JSON, YAML, and TOML)

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{ project: "MAML" tags: [ "minimal" "readable" ] # A simple nested object spec: { version: 1 author: "Anton Medvedev" } # Array of objects with nested objects examples: [ { json: { name: "JSON" born: 2001 } } { maml: { name: "MAML" born: 2025 } } ] notes: """ This is a multiline strings. Keeps formatting as-is. """ }

Rationale

JSON is the most popular data-interchange format. But it isn't a very good configuration language.

MAML keeps JSON’s simplicity and adds only the needed bits for a good configuration language:

Comments
Multiline strings
Optional commas
Optional key quotes

MAML is human-readable and easy to parse.

FAQ

What’s the difference between MAML and JSONC/JSON5?

Implementations

MAML is a brand-new language, so feel free to create new implementations following the specification.

JavaScript
maml.js MAML v0.1

Rust
maml-rs [work in progress]
C
libmaml [work in progress]
PHP
maml-php [work in progress]

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