Newtonsoft Json.NET

Json.NET is a popular high-performance JSON framework for .NET

Benefits and Features

• Flexible JSON serializer for converting between .NET objects and JSON

• LINQ to JSON for manually reading and writing JSON

• High performance: faster than .NET's built-in JSON serializers

• Write indented, easy-to-read JSON

• Convert JSON to and from XML

• Supports .NET Standard 2.0, .NET 2, .NET 3.5, .NET 4, .NET 4.5, Silverlight, Windows Phone and Windows 8 Store

The JSON serializer in Json.NET is a good choice when the JSON you are reading or writing maps closely to a .NET class.

LINQ to JSON is good for situations where you are only interested in getting values from JSON, you don't have a class to serialize or deserialize to, or the JSON is radically different from your class and you need to manually read and write from your objects.