AnyVali

Native validation libraries for 10 languages, one portable schema model.

AnyVali lets you write validation schemas in your language, then share them across any of 10 supported runtimes via a portable JSON format. Think Zod, but for every language.

Why AnyVali?¶

Write schemas natively -- idiomatic APIs for each language, not a separate DSL
Share across languages -- export to JSON, import in any other SDK
Safe numeric defaults -- number = float64, int = int64 everywhere
Deterministic parsing -- coerce, default, then validate, in that order
Conformance tested -- shared test corpus ensures identical behavior across SDKs

Install¶

npm install anyvali          # JavaScript / TypeScript
pip install anyvali           # Python
go get github.com/BetterCorp/AnyVali/sdk/go  # Go
cargo add anyvali             # Rust
dotnet add package AnyVali    # C#
composer require anyvali/anyvali  # PHP
gem install anyvali           # Ruby

Java / Kotlin / C++

**Java (Maven)**

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.anyvali</groupId>
  <artifactId>anyvali</artifactId>
  <version>0.0.1</version>
</dependency>

**Kotlin (Gradle)**

implementation("com.anyvali:anyvali:0.0.1")

**C++ (CMake)**

FetchContent_Declare(anyvali GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/BetterCorp/AnyVali)
FetchContent_MakeAvailable(anyvali)
target_link_libraries(your_target PRIVATE anyvali)

Quick Start¶

Define a schema, parse input, get structured errors or clean data.

JavaScript / TypeScript Python

import { string, int, object, array }
  from 'anyvali';

const User = object({
  name:  string().minLength(1),
  email: string().format('email'),
  age:   int().min(0).optional(),
  tags:  array(string()).maxItems(5),
});

// Throws on failure
const user = User.parse(input);

// Or get a result object
const result = User.safeParse(input);
if (!result.success) {
  console.log(result.issues);
}

import anyvali as v

User = v.object_({
    "name":  v.string().min_length(1),
    "email": v.string().format("email"),
    "age":   v.int_().min(0).optional(),
    "tags":  v.array(v.string()).max_items(5),
})

# Raises on failure
user = User.parse(input_data)

# Or get a result object
result = User.safe_parse(input_data)
if not result.success:
    print(result.issues)

Go example

import av "github.com/BetterCorp/AnyVali/sdk/go"

User := av.Object(map[string]av.Schema{
    "name":  av.String().MinLength(1),
    "email": av.String().Format("email"),
    "age":   av.Optional(av.Int().Min(0)),
    "tags":  av.Array(av.String()).MaxItems(5),
})

result := User.SafeParse(input)
if !result.Success {
    for _, issue := range result.Issues {
        fmt.Printf("[%s] %s at %v\n", issue.Code, issue.Message, issue.Path)
    }
}

AnyVali's core feature: export a schema from one language, import it in another.

// TypeScript frontend -- export
const doc = User.export();
const json = JSON.stringify(doc);
// Send to your backend, save to DB, put in a config file...

# Python backend -- import
import json, anyvali as v

schema = v.import_schema(json.loads(schema_json))
result = schema.safe_parse(request_body)  # Same validation rules!

The portable JSON format:

{
  "anyvaliVersion": "1.0",
  "schemaVersion": "1",
  "root": {
    "kind": "object",
    "properties": {
      "name": { "kind": "string", "minLength": 1 },
      "email": { "kind": "string", "format": "email" }
    },
    "required": ["name", "email"],
    "unknownKeys": "reject"
  },
  "definitions": {},
  "extensions": {}
}

Supported SDKs¶

Language	Package	Status
JavaScript / TypeScript	`anyvali`	v0.0.1
Python	`anyvali`	v0.0.1
Go	`github.com/BetterCorp/AnyVali/sdk/go`	v0.0.1
Java	`com.anyvali:anyvali`	v0.0.1
C#	`AnyVali`	v0.0.1
Rust	`anyvali`	v0.0.1
PHP	`anyvali/anyvali`	v0.0.1
Ruby	`anyvali`	v0.0.1
Kotlin	`com.anyvali:anyvali`	v0.0.1
C++	`anyvali` (CMake)	v0.0.1

CLI & HTTP API¶

Don't need an SDK? Use AnyVali from the command line or as a validation microservice.

# Validate from the command line
anyvali validate schema.json '{"name": "Alice", "email": "alice@test.com"}'

# Pipe from stdin
cat payload.json | anyvali validate schema.json -

# Start a validation server
anyvali serve --port 8080 --schemas ./schemas/

# Validate via HTTP
curl -X POST http://localhost:8080/validate/user \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name": "Alice", "email": "alice@test.com"}'

Pre-built binaries for Linux, macOS, and Windows are available on the releases page. Docker image: docker pull anyvali/cli.

See the CLI Reference and HTTP API Reference for full documentation.

Schema Types¶

Category	Types
Primitives	`string`, `bool`, `null`
Numbers	`number` (float64), `int` (int64), `float32`, `float64`, `int8`-`int64`, `uint8`-`uint64`
Special	`any`, `unknown`, `never`
Values	`literal`, `enum`
Collections	`array`, `tuple`, `object`, `record`
Composition	`union`, `intersection`
Modifiers	`optional`, `nullable`

Documentation¶

Guide	Description
Getting Started	Installation, API reference, examples
Numeric Semantics	Why `number` = float64 and `int` = int64
Portability Guide	Design schemas that work across all languages
SDK Authors Guide	Implement a new AnyVali SDK
Canonical Spec	The normative specification
JSON Format	Interchange format details
CLI Reference	Command-line validation tool
HTTP API	Validation microservice / sidecar
Development	Building, testing, contributing

Repository Layout¶

.
├── docs/           Documentation guides
├── spec/           Canonical spec, JSON format, conformance corpus
├── sdk/
│   ├── js/         JavaScript / TypeScript SDK
│   ├── python/     Python SDK
│   ├── go/         Go SDK
│   ├── java/       Java SDK
│   ├── csharp/     C# SDK
│   ├── rust/       Rust SDK
│   ├── php/        PHP SDK
│   ├── ruby/       Ruby SDK
│   ├── kotlin/     Kotlin SDK
│   └── cpp/        C++ SDK
├── cli/            CLI binary and HTTP API server (Go)
├── runner.sh       Build/test/CI runner
└── site/           anyvali.com source

Contributing¶

Contributions are welcome. Please read CONTRIBUTING.md before opening a pull request.

./runner.sh help       # See all commands
./runner.sh test js    # Test a specific SDK
./runner.sh ci         # Run the full CI pipeline locally
pwsh -File tools/release/build_release.ps1  # Build release artifacts with Docker

License¶

AnyVali is licensed under the MIT License.

anyvali.com