yaml-cpp is a YAML parser and emitter in C++ written around the YAML 1.2 spec.

To get a feel for how it can be used, see How To Parse A Document or How to Emit YAML.

Recent Release

yaml-cpp 0.2.4 has been released! Changes:

• The emitter now emits arbitrary UTF-8, either escaped or as-is.
• Bug fixes
• Silly hidden OS X-generated files removed

How to Build

The build system is a perhaps a little unconventional, so it's worth explaining on the front page. The library uses CMake to support cross-platform building. In a UNIX-like system, the basic steps to build are:

1. Download and install CMake (if you don't have root privileges, just install to a local directory, like ~/bin)

2. From the source directory, run:

mkdir build
cd build
cmake ..

and then the usual

make
make install

3. To clean up, just remove the 'build' directory.