jiter
High-performance JSON parser for Python with iterable streaming support.
ML and data science PyPI
Used in agent projects
36
0.3% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in ml and data science
#15 of 28
by use in those projects
Downloads
80.8M
PyPI, last 7 days, jiter
GitHub stars
555
last push Sep 26, 2026
How jiter is used
jiter is a dependency in 36 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.3%), #15 of 28 in ml and data science. The most used alternative there is NumPy. Projects that use it most often also use AnyIO (100.0%), Pydantic (100.0%), charset-normalizer (97.2%).
Often used with jiter
| AnyIO | 100.0% of jiter projects · 68.3× more than average |
|---|---|
| Pydantic | 100.0% of jiter projects · 19.6× more than average |
| charset-normalizer | 97.2% of jiter projects · 78.1× more than average |
| distro | 97.2% of jiter projects · 268.4× more than average |
| OpenAI Python Library | 97.2% of jiter projects · 50.6× more than average |
By coding agent
| GitHub Copilot | 0.5% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| Claude Code | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.5% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list jiter as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install jiter |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (31), Next.js (4), Other (1) |
| Example projects | pipedude/evi-run, DelineaXPM/delinea-mcp, leonardsellem/readwise-vector-db, ManojINaik/manimAnimationAgent, nihilistau/CosySim |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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487 (3.8%) | 21M | 33K | — |
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