jbeder/yaml-cpp

A YAML parser and emitter in C++

Developer toolsC++

0.6 Quiet Magnitude out of 10. Star growth looks organic. Data as of September 18, 2026.

About the project

A C++ library for parsing and emitting YAML, matching the YAML 1.2 spec. Used in C++ projects to read and write configuration files.

Useful for

Integrate via CMake FetchContent and read YAML configs in a C++ app
Serialize application data structures into a YAML file
Build yaml-cpp as a static or shared library for a target platform

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Why it’s trending

1 star so far today, about 1 expected by the end of the day.

Stars per day

Bars are daily stars, the line is the usual pace. Red marks spike days.

Numbers

Total stars: 6,137
Stars in a day: 1
Forks: 2,195
Issues and pull requests: 1,496
Watchers: 141
Language: C++
License: MIT
Latest release: yaml-cpp-0.9.0 · February 4, 2026
Created: March 30, 2015
Last push: September 17, 2026

Star trust

Growth looks organic: forks and discussion are in line with active projects, and stars arrive unevenly, the way people give them.

These are heuristics, not a verdict: we judge by the repository’s behavior, not by a list of stargazers.

Spotted in

September 18, 2026GitHub Trending C++ today: #12, +2 stars
September 17, 2026GitHub Trending C++ today: #12, +1 star

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