Sonic by bytedance
A blazingly fast JSON serializing & deserializing library
About Sonic
From the project's README at github.com/bytedance/sonic. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
A blazingly fast JSON serializing deserializing library, accelerated by JIT (just-in-time compiling) and SIMD (single-instruction-multiple-data). Requirement Go: 1.18~1.26 Notice: Go1.24.0 is not supported due to the issue; please use a higher Go version or pass the build flag . OS: Linux / MacOS / Windows CPU: AMD64 / (ARM64, need go1.20 above) Features Runtime object binding without code generation Complete APIs for JSON value manipulation Fast, fast, fast! APIs
For all sizes of json and all scenarios of usage, Sonic performs best. Medium (13KB, 300+ key, 6 layers)
```powershell goversion: 1.17.1 goos: darwin goarch: amd64 cpu: Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-9880H CPU @ 2.30GHz BenchmarkEncoderGenericSonic-16 32393 ns/op 402.40 MB/s 11965 B/op 4 allocs/op BenchmarkEncoderGenericSonicFast-16 21668 ns/op 601.57 MB/s 10940 B/op 4 allocs/op BenchmarkEncoderGenericJsonIter-16 42168 ns/op 309.12 MB/s 14345 B/op 115 allocs/op BenchmarkEncoderGeneric_GoJson-16 65189 ns/op 199.96 MB/s 23261 B/op 16 allocs/op
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 9.4k | github.com/bytedance/sonic |
| GitHub forks | 443 | github.com/bytedance/sonic |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 5.0 years | since May 2021 |
| Last commit | 10 days ago | Apr 27, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 79 | last: 10 days ago |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
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Ready to self-host Sonic?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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