Benchmark for JSON Pointer (RFC 6901) implementations for Go

Tested implementations

• dolmen-go/jsonptr
• Jeffail/gabs/v2
• chanced/jsonpointer
• crhntr/jsonschema/jsonptr
• kaptinlin/jsonpointer
• dustin/go-jsonpointer
• xeipuuv/gojsonpointer
• mickep76/jsonptr
• lestrrat-go/jspointer
• rnd42/go-jsonpointer
• twindagger/jsonptr
• qri-io/jsonpointer
• json-validate/json-pointer-go
• go-openapi/jsonpointer
• oas3/json-pointer
• yukithm/json2csv/jsonpointer
• encoding/json/jsontext.Pointer (Go 1.27)

Results

2026-09-22 (go1.27.0 linux/amd64)

Versions tested are in go.mod.

Get

Impl	speed	allocs bytes	allocs count
Jeffail/gabs/v2	246.7 ns/op	165 B/op	10 allocs/op
chanced/jsonpointer	601.2 ns/op	165 B/op	13 allocs/op
crhntr/jsonschema/jsonptr	487.1 ns/op	80 B/op	6 allocs/op
dolmen-go/jsonptr	60.93 ns/op	16 B/op	1 allocs/op
dustin/go-jsonpointer	84.24 ns/op	48 B/op	1 allocs/op
go-openapi/jsonpointer	398.0 ns/op	277 B/op	15 allocs/op
json-validate/json-pointer-go	145.4 ns/op	80 B/op	2 allocs/op
kaptinlin/jsonpointer	136.6 ns/op	96 B/op	2 allocs/op
lestrrat-go/jspointer	282.1 ns/op	320 B/op	9 allocs/op
mickep76/jsonptr	151.9 ns/op	64 B/op	1 allocs/op
oas3/jsonpointer	180.8 ns/op	144 B/op	3 allocs/op
qri-io/jsonpointer	128.9 ns/op	48 B/op	1 allocs/op
rnd42/go-jsonpointer	213.6 ns/op	129 B/op	3 allocs/op
twindagger/jsonptr	169.3 ns/op	136 B/op	3 allocs/op
xeipuuv/gojsonpointer	174.3 ns/op	144 B/op	3 allocs/op
yukithm/json2csv/jsonpointer	445.1 ns/op	317 B/op	17 allocs/op

GetRawBytes

Impl	speed	allocs bytes	allocs count
Jeffail/gabs/v2	1951 ns/op	1099 B/op	30 allocs/op
crhntr/jsonschema/jsonptr	1732 ns/op	1248 B/op	20 allocs/op
dolmen-go/jsonptr	1216 ns/op	712 B/op	21 allocs/op
dustin/go-jsonpointer	784.0 ns/op	552 B/op	13 allocs/op

Parse "/definitions/Location"

Impl	speed	allocs bytes	allocs count
chanced/jsonpointer	27.01 ns/op	16 B/op	1 allocs/op
crhntr/jsonschema/jsonptr	37.67 ns/op	16 B/op	1 allocs/op
dolmen-go/jsonptr	53.95 ns/op	56 B/op	2 allocs/op
encoding/json/jsontext	34.92 ns/op	16 B/op	1 allocs/op
go-openapi/jsonpointer	88.62 ns/op	104 B/op	3 allocs/op
json-validate/json-pointer-go	109.6 ns/op	72 B/op	2 allocs/op
kaptinlin/jsonpointer	97.58 ns/op	88 B/op	3 allocs/op
lestrrat-go/jspointer	157.3 ns/op	184 B/op	4 allocs/op
oas3/jsonpointer	47.82 ns/op	56 B/op	2 allocs/op
qri-io/jsonpointer	102.8 ns/op	56 B/op	2 allocs/op
rnd42/go-jsonpointer	179.8 ns/op	121 B/op	3 allocs/op
twindagger/jsonptr	130.4 ns/op	104 B/op	3 allocs/op
xeipuuv/gojsonpointer	48.91 ns/op	56 B/op	2 allocs/op
yukithm/json2csv/jsonpointer	202.8 ns/op	184 B/op	9 allocs/op

Parse "/path/\~1home\~1dolmen"

Impl	speed	allocs bytes	allocs count
chanced/jsonpointer	31.92 ns/op	16 B/op	1 allocs/op
crhntr/jsonschema/jsonptr	35.78 ns/op	16 B/op	1 allocs/op
dolmen-go/jsonptr	100.1 ns/op	72 B/op	3 allocs/op
encoding/json/jsontext	38.09 ns/op	16 B/op	1 allocs/op
go-openapi/jsonpointer	85.11 ns/op	104 B/op	3 allocs/op
json-validate/json-pointer-go	166.0 ns/op	88 B/op	3 allocs/op
kaptinlin/jsonpointer	135.8 ns/op	104 B/op	4 allocs/op
lestrrat-go/jspointer	158.0 ns/op	184 B/op	4 allocs/op
oas3/jsonpointer	48.19 ns/op	56 B/op	2 allocs/op
qri-io/jsonpointer	164.0 ns/op	72 B/op	3 allocs/op
rnd42/go-jsonpointer	300.4 ns/op	137 B/op	4 allocs/op
twindagger/jsonptr	185.8 ns/op	120 B/op	4 allocs/op
xeipuuv/gojsonpointer	48.11 ns/op	56 B/op	2 allocs/op
yukithm/json2csv/jsonpointer	238.2 ns/op	173 B/op	9 allocs/op

Parse "/path/\~0\~1dolmen"

Impl	speed	allocs bytes	allocs count
chanced/jsonpointer	31.98 ns/op	16 B/op	1 allocs/op
crhntr/jsonschema/jsonptr	35.92 ns/op	16 B/op	1 allocs/op
dolmen-go/jsonptr	96.25 ns/op	64 B/op	3 allocs/op
encoding/json/jsontext	43.69 ns/op	16 B/op	1 allocs/op
go-openapi/jsonpointer	92.99 ns/op	104 B/op	3 allocs/op
json-validate/json-pointer-go	226.6 ns/op	96 B/op	4 allocs/op
kaptinlin/jsonpointer	148.7 ns/op	104 B/op	4 allocs/op
lestrrat-go/jspointer	147.3 ns/op	176 B/op	4 allocs/op
oas3/jsonpointer	52.59 ns/op	56 B/op	2 allocs/op
qri-io/jsonpointer	200.5 ns/op	80 B/op	4 allocs/op
rnd42/go-jsonpointer	342.0 ns/op	137 B/op	5 allocs/op
twindagger/jsonptr	221.5 ns/op	128 B/op	5 allocs/op
xeipuuv/gojsonpointer	47.65 ns/op	56 B/op	2 allocs/op
yukithm/json2csv/jsonpointer	287.5 ns/op	168 B/op	9 allocs/op

BackToString "/definitions/Location"

Impl	speed	allocs bytes	allocs count
chanced/jsonpointer	4.294 ns/op	0 B/op	0 allocs/op
crhntr/jsonschema/jsonptr	4.419 ns/op	0 B/op	0 allocs/op
dolmen-go/jsonptr	66.28 ns/op	56 B/op	2 allocs/op
encoding/json/jsontext	4.345 ns/op	0 B/op	0 allocs/op
go-openapi/jsonpointer	68.76 ns/op	48 B/op	2 allocs/op
json-validate/json-pointer-go	161.8 ns/op	64 B/op	3 allocs/op
kaptinlin/jsonpointer	77.24 ns/op	24 B/op	1 allocs/op
lestrrat-go/jspointer	4.178 ns/op	0 B/op	0 allocs/op
oas3/jsonpointer	114.8 ns/op	64 B/op	3 allocs/op
qri-io/jsonpointer	108.7 ns/op	40 B/op	2 allocs/op
rnd42/go-jsonpointer	3.962 ns/op	0 B/op	0 allocs/op
twindagger/jsonptr	163.9 ns/op	64 B/op	3 allocs/op
xeipuuv/gojsonpointer	66.95 ns/op	48 B/op	2 allocs/op
yukithm/json2csv/jsonpointer	152.4 ns/op	112 B/op	4 allocs/op

BackToString "/path/\~1home\~1dolmen"

Impl	speed	allocs bytes	allocs count
chanced/jsonpointer	4.018 ns/op	0 B/op	0 allocs/op
crhntr/jsonschema/jsonptr	3.951 ns/op	0 B/op	0 allocs/op
dolmen-go/jsonptr	83.82 ns/op	48 B/op	2 allocs/op
encoding/json/jsontext	3.947 ns/op	0 B/op	0 allocs/op
go-openapi/jsonpointer	67.38 ns/op	48 B/op	2 allocs/op
json-validate/json-pointer-go	195.8 ns/op	80 B/op	4 allocs/op
kaptinlin/jsonpointer	120.3 ns/op	48 B/op	2 allocs/op
lestrrat-go/jspointer	4.090 ns/op	0 B/op	0 allocs/op
oas3/jsonpointer	111.7 ns/op	64 B/op	3 allocs/op
qri-io/jsonpointer	148.0 ns/op	45 B/op	3 allocs/op
rnd42/go-jsonpointer	3.991 ns/op	0 B/op	0 allocs/op
twindagger/jsonptr	198.5 ns/op	80 B/op	4 allocs/op
xeipuuv/gojsonpointer	67.30 ns/op	48 B/op	2 allocs/op
yukithm/json2csv/jsonpointer	222.0 ns/op	144 B/op	6 allocs/op

BackToString "/path/\~0\~1dolmen"

Impl	speed	allocs bytes	allocs count
chanced/jsonpointer	3.895 ns/op	0 B/op	0 allocs/op
crhntr/jsonschema/jsonptr	3.866 ns/op	0 B/op	0 allocs/op
dolmen-go/jsonptr	53.26 ns/op	16 B/op	1 allocs/op
encoding/json/jsontext	3.912 ns/op	0 B/op	0 allocs/op
go-openapi/jsonpointer	64.16 ns/op	32 B/op	2 allocs/op
json-validate/json-pointer-go	215.1 ns/op	80 B/op	5 allocs/op
kaptinlin/jsonpointer	102.7 ns/op	32 B/op	2 allocs/op
lestrrat-go/jspointer	4.229 ns/op	0 B/op	0 allocs/op
oas3/jsonpointer	111.8 ns/op	48 B/op	3 allocs/op
qri-io/jsonpointer	167.5 ns/op	53 B/op	4 allocs/op
rnd42/go-jsonpointer	3.784 ns/op	0 B/op	0 allocs/op
twindagger/jsonptr	209.4 ns/op	80 B/op	5 allocs/op
xeipuuv/gojsonpointer	63.93 ns/op	32 B/op	2 allocs/op
yukithm/json2csv/jsonpointer	198.3 ns/op	128 B/op	6 allocs/op

ParseAndBackToString "/definitions/Location"

Impl	speed	allocs bytes	allocs count
chanced/jsonpointer	30.18 ns/op	16 B/op	1 allocs/op
crhntr/jsonschema/jsonptr	41.57 ns/op	16 B/op	1 allocs/op
dolmen-go/jsonptr	121.6 ns/op	112 B/op	4 allocs/op
encoding/json/jsontext	39.63 ns/op	16 B/op	1 allocs/op
go-openapi/jsonpointer	164.6 ns/op	152 B/op	5 allocs/op
json-validate/json-pointer-go	274.6 ns/op	136 B/op	5 allocs/op
kaptinlin/jsonpointer	176.8 ns/op	112 B/op	4 allocs/op
lestrrat-go/jspointer	153.8 ns/op	184 B/op	4 allocs/op
oas3/jsonpointer	163.4 ns/op	120 B/op	5 allocs/op
qri-io/jsonpointer	215.0 ns/op	96 B/op	4 allocs/op
rnd42/go-jsonpointer	182.2 ns/op	121 B/op	3 allocs/op
twindagger/jsonptr	302.2 ns/op	168 B/op	6 allocs/op
xeipuuv/gojsonpointer	116.7 ns/op	104 B/op	4 allocs/op
yukithm/json2csv/jsonpointer	391.3 ns/op	296 B/op	13 allocs/op

ParseAndBackToString "/path/\~1home\~1dolmen"

Impl	speed	allocs bytes	allocs count
chanced/jsonpointer	34.93 ns/op	16 B/op	1 allocs/op
crhntr/jsonschema/jsonptr	39.48 ns/op	16 B/op	1 allocs/op
dolmen-go/jsonptr	200.0 ns/op	120 B/op	5 allocs/op
encoding/json/jsontext	43.24 ns/op	16 B/op	1 allocs/op
go-openapi/jsonpointer	170.4 ns/op	152 B/op	5 allocs/op
json-validate/json-pointer-go	397.7 ns/op	168 B/op	7 allocs/op
kaptinlin/jsonpointer	287.4 ns/op	152 B/op	6 allocs/op
lestrrat-go/jspointer	159.5 ns/op	184 B/op	4 allocs/op
oas3/jsonpointer	179.1 ns/op	120 B/op	5 allocs/op
qri-io/jsonpointer	342.3 ns/op	117 B/op	6 allocs/op
rnd42/go-jsonpointer	323.3 ns/op	137 B/op	4 allocs/op
twindagger/jsonptr	427.8 ns/op	200 B/op	8 allocs/op
xeipuuv/gojsonpointer	119.5 ns/op	104 B/op	4 allocs/op
yukithm/json2csv/jsonpointer	520.2 ns/op	317 B/op	15 allocs/op

ParseAndBackToString "/path/\~0\~1dolmen"

Impl	speed	allocs bytes	allocs count
chanced/jsonpointer	32.56 ns/op	16 B/op	1 allocs/op
crhntr/jsonschema/jsonptr	36.36 ns/op	16 B/op	1 allocs/op
dolmen-go/jsonptr	167.6 ns/op	80 B/op	4 allocs/op
encoding/json/jsontext	41.67 ns/op	16 B/op	1 allocs/op
go-openapi/jsonpointer	166.3 ns/op	136 B/op	5 allocs/op
json-validate/json-pointer-go	441.0 ns/op	176 B/op	9 allocs/op
kaptinlin/jsonpointer	248.1 ns/op	136 B/op	6 allocs/op
lestrrat-go/jspointer	150.9 ns/op	176 B/op	4 allocs/op
oas3/jsonpointer	168.3 ns/op	104 B/op	5 allocs/op
qri-io/jsonpointer	376.3 ns/op	136 B/op	8 allocs/op
rnd42/go-jsonpointer	340.3 ns/op	137 B/op	5 allocs/op
twindagger/jsonptr	489.5 ns/op	208 B/op	10 allocs/op
xeipuuv/gojsonpointer	114.7 ns/op	88 B/op	4 allocs/op
yukithm/json2csv/jsonpointer	465.5 ns/op	296 B/op	15 allocs/op

Run

go test -bench . -benchmem | tee bench.txt
perl ./bench-to-table.pl < bench.txt > bench.md

License

Copyright 2016-2021 Olivier Mengué

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