https://github.com/jnunemaker/crack

Really simple JSON and XML parsing, ripped from Merb and Rails.
https://github.com/jnunemaker/crack

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Really simple JSON and XML parsing, ripped from Merb and Rails.

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/jnunemaker/crack
Owner: jnunemaker
License: mit
Created: 2009-03-29T04:05:59.000Z (almost 17 years ago)
Default Branch: master
Last Pushed: 2026-01-04T13:10:52.000Z (about 2 months ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-27T09:28:08.864Z (5 days ago)
Language: Ruby
Homepage:
Size: 674 KB
Stars: 548
Watchers: 14
Forks: 94
Open Issues: 4
Releases: 0
Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: History
- License: LICENSE

crack

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Really simple JSON and XML parsing, ripped from Merb and Rails. The XML parser is ripped from Merb and the JSON parser is ripped from Rails. I take no credit, just packaged them for all to enjoy and easily use.

compatibility

Ruby 2.x
Ruby 3.x
Ruby 4.x

note on patches/pull requests

Fork the project.
Make your feature addition or bug fix.
Add tests for it. This is important so I don't break it in a future version unintentionally.
Run the tests with rake test
Open a Pull Request with the changes

usage

gem 'crack' # in Gemfile
require 'crack' # for xml and json
require 'crack/json' # for just json
require 'crack/xml' # for just xml

examples

Crack::XML.parse("<tag>This is the contents</tag>")
# => {'tag' => 'This is the contents'}

Crack::JSON.parse('{"tag":"This is the contents"}')
# => {'tag' => 'This is the contents'}

Copyright

Owner metadata

Name: John Nunemaker
Login: jnunemaker
Email:
Kind: user
Description: Programmer.
Website: http://johnnunemaker.com
Location: US
Twitter: jnunemaker
Company: @fewerandfaster and @boxoutsports
Icon url: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/235?u=34ccc0c78404a1a5fed94fd9329345621da530fb&v=4
Repositories: 74
Last ynced at: 2023-04-09T03:48:45.004Z
Profile URL: https://github.com/jnunemaker

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Delete event: 2
Pull request event: 9
Issues event: 1
Watch event: 12
Issue comment event: 4
Push event: 7
Pull request review event: 2
Pull request review comment event: 1
Create event: 4

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Pull request event: 5
Issues event: 1
Watch event: 5
Issue comment event: 4
Push event: 5
Pull request review event: 2
Pull request review comment event: 1
Create event: 4

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Last synced: 3 days ago

Total Commits: 135
Total Committers: 36
Avg Commits per committer: 3.75
Development Distribution Score (DDS): 0.526

Commits in past year: 7
Committers in past year: 2
Avg Commits per committer in past year: 3.5
Development Distribution Score (DDS) in past year: 0.286

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Zsolt Kozaroczy	k**a@g**m	12
Wynn Netherland	w**d@g**m	11
rubiii	me@r****m	4
Benjamin Fleischer	g**b@b**m	4
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James Mead	j**s@f**g	2
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Matthew McEachen	m**b@m**s	2
Joe Van Dyk	j**e@f**m	1
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Sandro Turriate	s**e@g**m	1
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Josh Nichols	j**h@t**m	1
Jordi Massaguer Pla	j**a@s**e	1
Joe Lencioni	j**i@c**m	1
Jim Meyer	j**m@g**g	1
Jacob Swanner	j**b@e**m	1
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Last synced: 10 days ago

Total issues: 33
Total pull requests: 69
Average time to close issues: almost 6 years
Average time to close pull requests: 7 months
Total issue authors: 32
Total pull request authors: 33
Average comments per issue: 2.18
Average comments per pull request: 1.09
Merged pull request: 48
Bot issues: 0
Bot pull requests: 2

Past year issues: 2
Past year pull requests: 14
Past year average time to close issues: 14 days
Past year average time to close pull requests: about 7 hours
Past year issue authors: 2
Past year pull request authors: 3
Past year average comments per issue: 4.0
Past year average comments per pull request: 0.07
Past year merged pull request: 10
Past year bot issues: 0
Past year bot pull requests: 2

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Total packages: 26
Total downloads:
- rubygems: 737,413,056 total
Total docker downloads: 4,315,560,682
Total dependent packages: 313 (may contain duplicates)
Total dependent repositories: 47,850 (may contain duplicates)
Total versions: 96
Total maintainers: 3
Total advisories: 1

gem.coop: crack

Really simple JSON and XML parsing, ripped from Merb and Rails.

Homepage: https://github.com/jnunemaker/crack
Documentation: http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/crack/
Licenses: MIT
Latest release: 1.0.1 (published 4 months ago)
Last Synced: 2026-03-02T14:00:36.897Z (1 day ago)
Versions: 21
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ubuntu-22.04: ruby-crack

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Last Synced: 2026-02-13T13:14:51.776Z (18 days ago)
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rubygems.org: crack

Really simple JSON and XML parsing, ripped from Merb and Rails.

Homepage: https://github.com/jnunemaker/crack
Documentation: http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/crack/
Licenses: MIT
Latest release: 1.0.1 (published 4 months ago)
Last Synced: 2026-03-03T03:01:22.254Z (about 21 hours ago)
Versions: 21
Dependent Packages: 310
Dependent Repositories: 47,847
Downloads: 368,754,363 Total
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- bf4
- jnunemaker
- 2236
Advisories:
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proxy.golang.org: github.com/jnunemaker/crack

Homepage:
Documentation: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/jnunemaker/crack#section-documentation
Licenses: mit
Latest release: v1.0.1 (published 5 months ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-25T18:01:41.488Z (6 days ago)
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- Average: 6.426%
- Dependent packages count: 9.576%
- Dependent repos count: 10.802%

rubygems.org: jnunemaker-crack

Really simple JSON and XML parsing, ripped from Merb and Rails.

Homepage: http://github.com/jnunemaker/crack
Documentation: http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/jnunemaker-crack/
Licenses: mit
Latest release: 0.1.4 (published over 11 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-25T18:01:37.962Z (6 days ago)
Versions: 5
Dependent Packages: 3
Dependent Repositories: 3
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Rankings:
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- Forks count: 2.727%
- Dependent packages count: 4.044%
- Average: 11.169%
- Dependent repos count: 12.636%
- Downloads: 33.984%

gem.coop: jnunemaker-crack

Really simple JSON and XML parsing, ripped from Merb and Rails.

Homepage: http://github.com/jnunemaker/crack
Documentation: http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/jnunemaker-crack/
Licenses: mit
Latest release: 0.1.4 (published over 11 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-25T18:01:38.828Z (6 days ago)
Versions: 5
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Downloads: 16,583 Total
Rankings:
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- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 11.292%
- Downloads: 33.877%

gem.coop: mdub-crack

Really simple JSON and XML parsing, ripped from Merb and Rails.

Homepage: http://github.com/jnunemaker/crack
Documentation: http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/mdub-crack/
Licenses: mit
Latest release: 0.1.5 (published over 11 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-25T18:01:38.739Z (6 days ago)
Versions: 2
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
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Rankings:
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- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 19.702%
- Downloads: 59.106%

gem.coop: crack-without-safe_yaml

Really simple JSON and XML parsing, ripped from Merb and Rails.

Homepage: http://github.com/jnunemaker/crack
Documentation: http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/crack-without-safe_yaml/
Licenses: MIT
Latest release: 0.4.3 (published over 9 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-25T18:01:38.754Z (6 days ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Downloads: 5,242 Total
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 0.0%
- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 22.466%
- Downloads: 67.397%
Maintainers (1)
- bf4

gem.coop: alistairholt-crack

Really simple JSON and XML parsing, ripped from Merb and Rails.

Homepage: http://github.com/jnunemaker/crack
Documentation: http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/alistairholt-crack/
Licenses: mit
Latest release: 0.1.4 (published over 11 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-25T18:01:37.782Z (6 days ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
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Rankings:
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- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 24.167%
- Downloads: 72.5%

rubygems.org: mdub-crack

Really simple JSON and XML parsing, ripped from Merb and Rails.

Homepage: http://github.com/jnunemaker/crack
Documentation: http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/mdub-crack/
Licenses: mit
Latest release: 0.1.5 (published over 11 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-25T18:01:38.930Z (6 days ago)
Versions: 2
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Downloads: 6,625 Total
Rankings:
- Stargazers count: 2.276%
- Forks count: 2.474%
- Dependent packages count: 15.706%
- Average: 25.301%
- Dependent repos count: 46.782%
- Downloads: 59.266%

gem.coop: tamalw-crack

Really simple JSON and XML parsing, ripped from Merb and Rails.

Homepage: http://github.com/jnunemaker/crack
Documentation: http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/tamalw-crack/
Licenses: mit
Latest release: 0.1.3 (published over 11 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-25T18:01:39.314Z (6 days ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Downloads: 3,694 Total
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 0.0%
- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 27.009%
- Downloads: 81.028%

rubygems.org: crack-without-safe_yaml

Really simple JSON and XML parsing, ripped from Merb and Rails.

Homepage: http://github.com/jnunemaker/crack
Documentation: http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/crack-without-safe_yaml/
Licenses: MIT
Latest release: 0.4.3 (published over 9 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-25T18:01:38.707Z (6 days ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Downloads: 5,242 Total
Rankings:
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- Forks count: 2.474%
- Dependent packages count: 15.706%
- Average: 27.443%
- Dependent repos count: 46.782%
- Downloads: 69.975%
Maintainers (1)
- bf4

gem.coop: sishen-crack

Really simple JSON and XML parsing, ripped from Merb and Rails.

Homepage: http://github.com/jnunemaker/crack
Documentation: http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/sishen-crack/
Licenses: mit
Latest release: 0.1.4 (published over 11 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-25T18:01:37.588Z (6 days ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Downloads: 3,534 Total
Rankings:
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- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 27.706%
- Downloads: 83.118%

rubygems.org: alistairholt-crack

Really simple JSON and XML parsing, ripped from Merb and Rails.

Homepage: http://github.com/jnunemaker/crack
Documentation: http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/alistairholt-crack/
Licenses: mit
Latest release: 0.1.4 (published over 11 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-25T18:01:38.997Z (6 days ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Downloads: 4,503 Total
Rankings:
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- Forks count: 2.474%
- Dependent packages count: 15.706%
- Average: 28.077%
- Dependent repos count: 46.782%
- Downloads: 73.146%

rubygems.org: tamalw-crack

Really simple JSON and XML parsing, ripped from Merb and Rails.

Homepage: http://github.com/jnunemaker/crack
Documentation: http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/tamalw-crack/
Licenses: mit
Latest release: 0.1.3 (published over 11 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-25T18:01:37.625Z (6 days ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Downloads: 3,694 Total
Rankings:
- Stargazers count: 2.276%
- Forks count: 2.474%
- Dependent packages count: 15.706%
- Average: 29.949%
- Dependent repos count: 46.782%
- Downloads: 82.508%

rubygems.org: sishen-crack

Really simple JSON and XML parsing, ripped from Merb and Rails.

Homepage: http://github.com/jnunemaker/crack
Documentation: http://www.rubydoc.info/gems/sishen-crack/
Licenses: mit
Latest release: 0.1.4 (published over 11 years ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-25T18:01:38.703Z (6 days ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Downloads: 3,534 Total
Rankings:
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- Forks count: 2.474%
- Dependent packages count: 15.706%
- Average: 30.328%
- Dependent repos count: 46.782%
- Downloads: 84.403%

debian-13: ruby-crack

Homepage: https://github.com/jnunemaker/crack
Documentation: https://packages.debian.org/trixie/ruby-crack
Licenses:
Latest release: 0.4.4-4 (published 19 days ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-13T13:14:26.827Z (18 days ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 0.0%
- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 100%

ubuntu-24.04: ruby-crack

Homepage: https://github.com/jnunemaker/crack
Licenses:
Latest release: 0.4.4-4 (published 19 days ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-13T01:02:04.624Z (19 days ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Rankings:

debian-12: ruby-crack

Homepage: https://github.com/jnunemaker/crack
Documentation: https://packages.debian.org/bookworm/ruby-crack
Licenses:
Latest release: 0.4.4-4 (published 19 days ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-12T23:27:33.144Z (19 days ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 0.0%
- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 100%

guix: ruby-crack

Simple JSON and XML parsing for Ruby

Homepage: https://github.com/jnunemaker/crack
Documentation: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/tree/gnu/packages/ruby-xyz.scm#n2274
Licenses: expat
Latest release: 0.4.5 (published 1 day ago)
Last Synced: 2026-03-02T18:58:24.598Z (1 day ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Rankings:
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- Average: 100%

debian-10: ruby-crack

Homepage: https://github.com/jnunemaker/crack
Documentation: https://packages.debian.org/buster/ruby-crack
Licenses:
Latest release: 0.4.3-3 (published 21 days ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-13T04:20:02.916Z (19 days ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 0.0%
- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 100%

debian-11: ruby-crack

Homepage: https://github.com/jnunemaker/crack
Documentation: https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/ruby-crack
Licenses:
Latest release: 0.4.4-1 (published 21 days ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-13T08:19:14.855Z (19 days ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 0.0%
- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 100%

ubuntu-24.10: ruby-crack

Homepage: https://github.com/jnunemaker/crack
Licenses:
Latest release: 0.4.4-4 (published 22 days ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-09T16:21:57.277Z (22 days ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Rankings:

ubuntu-23.10: ruby-crack

Homepage: https://github.com/jnunemaker/crack
Licenses:
Latest release: 0.4.4-4 (published 18 days ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-13T18:17:32.115Z (18 days ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 0.0%
- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 100%

ubuntu-23.04: ruby-crack

Homepage: https://github.com/jnunemaker/crack
Licenses:
Latest release: 0.4.4-4 (published 21 days ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-11T06:37:30.557Z (21 days ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 0.0%
- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 100%

ubuntu-20.04: ruby-crack

Homepage: https://github.com/jnunemaker/crack
Licenses: mit
Latest release: 0.4.3-4 (published 19 days ago)
Last Synced: 2026-02-13T07:12:00.679Z (19 days ago)
Versions: 1
Dependent Packages: 0
Dependent Repositories: 0
Rankings:
- Dependent repos count: 0.0%
- Dependent packages count: 0.0%
- Average: 100%

Dependencies

Gemfile rubygems

minitest >= 0
rake >= 0

crack.gemspec rubygems

rexml >= 0

.github/workflows/test.yml actions

actions/checkout v4 composite
ruby/setup-ruby v1 composite

Score: 32.24031974433648

https://github.com/jnunemaker/crack

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