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+Arduino JSON library
+====================
+
+*A simple and efficient JSON library for embedded systems.*
+
+It's design to be very lightweight, works without any allocation on the heap (no malloc).
+
+It has been written with Arduino in mind, but it isn't linked to Arduino libraries so you can use this library on any other C++ project (in fact it's been written with Visual Studio ;-) 
+
+# Features:
+
+* JSON decoding: [more details here](/JsonParser/)
+* JSON encoding: [more details here](/JsonGenerator/)
+* Elegant API, very easy to use 
+* Fixed memory allocation (no malloc)
+* Small footprint
+* MIT License
+
+# Feature comparisons
+
+| Library      | Memory allocation | Nested objects | Encoding | Code size
+| ------------ | ----------------- | ---------------- | --
+| Arduino JSON | static | yes | yes |  2.7 kB
+| [json-arduino v1.5]( https://github.com/not404/json-arduino) | dynamic | no | no | 3.4 kB (+28%)
+| [aJson v1.0](https://github.com/interactive-matter/aJson) | dynamic | yes | yes | 5.2 kB (+94%)
+
+Code size was measured with a program parsing `{"sensor":"outdoor","value":25.6}`.
+For each library, I wrote a program that extracts a string and a float. I subtracted the size of a program doing the same without any JSON parsing involved. The target platform was an Arduino Duemilanove.
+
+# Testimonials
+
+From Arduino's Forum user `jflaplante`:
+> I tried the  [aJson and json-arduino] before trying your library. I always ran into memory problem after a while. 
+> I have no such problem so far with your library. It is working perfectly with my web services.
+
+From Arduino's Forum user `gbathree`:
+> Thanks so much - this is an awesome library!  If you want to see what we're doing with it - the project is located at www.photosynq.org.
+
+From StackOverflow user `thegreendroid`:
+> It has a really elegant, simple API and it works like a charm on embedded and Windows/Linux platforms. We recently started using this on an embedded project and I can vouch for its quality.
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