Json.NET http://james.newtonking.com/projects/json-net.aspx http://www.codeplex.com/json/ https://github.com/JamesNK/Newtonsoft.Json Description: Json.NET is a popular high-performance JSON framework for .NET -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 2, .NET 3.5, .NET 4, .NET 4.5, Silverlight, Windows Phone and Windows 8 Store Documentation: http://james.newtonking.com/projects/json/help/ Versions: Json.NET has different libraries for the various .NET Framework versions. -Net45: .NET latest (4.5) -Net40: .NET 4.0 -Net35: .NET 3.5 -Net20: .NET 2.0 -WinRT: Windows 8 Store -Portable45: .NET 4.5, Windows Phone 8, Windows 8 Store -Portable40: .NET 4.0, Windows Phone 7, Windows 8 Store, Silverlight 4 Notes: Microsoft stopped support for the Compact Framework in Visual Studio 2010. For a Compact Framework 3.5 build download Json.NET 3.5. For a Silverlight 3.0 build download Json.NET 3.5.