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Torque is a high-performance JSON library for Elixir built on sonic-rs via Rustler NIFs. It targets workloads where JSON throughput is a bottleneck — think bidstream processing, high-volume API ingestion, or any hot path that spends meaningful time in encode/decode.
Why Torque?
Raw throughput on a 1.2 KB OpenRTB payload (Apple M2 Pro, OTP 28, Elixir 1.19):
Decode
| Library | ips | mean | median | p95 | p99 | memory |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| torque | 255.8K | 3.91 µs | 3.58 µs | 4.54 µs | 9.21 µs | 1.56 KB |
| simdjsone | 185.9K | 5.38 µs | 5.00 µs | 6.38 µs | 12.67 µs | 1.59 KB |
| jiffy | 152.4K | 6.56 µs | 5.83 µs | 8.58 µs | 15.75 µs | 1.56 KB |
| otp json | 130.9K | 7.64 µs | 7.17 µs | 9.33 µs | 16.50 µs | 7.73 KB |
| jason | 109.1K | 9.17 µs | 8.54 µs | 11.04 µs | 18.13 µs | 9.54 KB |
Encode
| Library | ips | mean | median | p95 | p99 | memory |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| torque encode (proplist) | 869.6K | 1.15 µs | 1.04 µs | 1.29 µs | 1.42 µs | 88 B |
| torque iodata (proplist) | 854.7K | 1.17 µs | 1.08 µs | 1.33 µs | 1.46 µs | 64 B |
| torque iodata (map) | 775.2K | 1.29 µs | 1.17 µs | 1.46 µs | 1.63 µs | 64 B |
| torque encode (map) | 800.0K | 1.25 µs | 1.17 µs | 1.25 µs | 1.50 µs | 88 B |
| otp json (iodata) | 735.3K | 1.36 µs | 0.83 µs | 1.25 µs | 13.54 µs | 3928 B |
| jiffy | 537.6K | 1.86 µs | 1.63 µs | 2.00 µs | 2.29 µs | 120 B |
| otp json (binary) | 448.4K | 2.23 µs | 1.58 µs | 2.63 µs | 15.00 µs | 3992 B |
| jason | 284.9K | 3.51 µs | 2.42 µs | 14.63 µs | 16.63 µs | 3912 B |
Features
-
SIMD-accelerated decoding (AVX2/SSE2 on x86_64, NEON on ARM)
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Ultra-low memory encoder — 64 B per encode vs ~4 KB for OTP
json/ Jason -
parse/1+get/2/get_many/2for selective field extraction (JSON Pointer / RFC 6901) -
Batch field extraction via a single NIF call
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Automatic dirty CPU scheduler dispatch for large inputs
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jiffy-compatible
{proplist}encoding for easy migration
Installation
elixir
def deps do
[{:torque, "~> 0.1.1"}]
end
Precompiled binaries are available for common targets. To build from source, install a stable Rust toolchain and set TORQUE_BUILD=true.
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Asd
Given that your library uses SIMD instructions, precompiled binaries is a bad option, since precompilation works only for OS+CPU arch combination and it doesnt account for target CPU to have the proper flags which would indicate that it supports SIMD instructions
manhvu
Nice! I used
jsonrsbefore, but I switched back to the OTP JSON library. I wish I had seen this earlier. Now I’m taking a different approach by replacing JSON with TOON.lpgauth
Yes, you’re right. The default binaries assume the host CPU will support SSE2 or NEON. For better performance (AVX2 or AVX512) or if your CPU doesn’t support the base SSE2/NEON you can build from source by passing
TORQUE_BUILD=true.lpgauth
I didn’t know about
jsonrs. I will add it to the benchmark suite!lpgauth
Hi, quick follow-up. I ended up adding specific binaries per CPU variants on x86_64.
https://github.com/lpgauth/torque?tab=readme-ov-file#cpu-optimized-variants