diff --git a/lib/std/collections/object.c3 b/lib/std/collections/object.c3
index 0c151eae4..3fc1c9254 100644
--- a/lib/std/collections/object.c3
+++ b/lib/std/collections/object.c3
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2023 Christoffer Lerno. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by the MIT license
+// a copy of which can be found in the LICENSE_STDLIB file.
 module std::collections::object;
 import std::collections::map;
 import std::collections::list;
+import std::io;
 
 const Object TRUE_OBJECT = { .b = true, .type = bool.typeid };
 const Object FALSE_OBJECT = { .b = false, .type = bool.typeid };
@@ -22,6 +26,60 @@ struct Object
 	}
 }
 
+static initialize
+{
+	io::formatter_register_type(Object);
+}
+
+fn void! Object.to_format(Object* o, Formatter* formatter)
+{
+	switch (o.type)
+	{
+		case void:
+			formatter.printf("{}")?;
+		case void*:
+			formatter.printf("null")?;
+		case String:
+			formatter.printf(`"%s"`, o.s)?;
+		case bool:
+			formatter.printf(o.b ? "true" : "false")?;
+		case ObjectInternalList:
+			formatter.printf("[")?;
+			foreach (i, ol : o.array)
+			{
+				formatter.printf(i == 0 ? " " : ", ")?;
+				ol.to_format(formatter)?;
+			}
+			formatter.printf(" ]")?;
+		case ObjectInternalMap:
+			formatter.printf("{")?;
+			@pool()
+			{
+				foreach (i, key : o.map.key_tlist())
+				{
+					formatter.printf(i == 0 ? " " : ", ")?;
+					formatter.printf(`"%s": `, key)?;
+					o.map.get(key).to_format(formatter)?;
+				}
+			};
+			formatter.printf(" }")?;
+		default:
+			switch (o.type.kindof)
+			{
+				case SIGNED_INT:
+					formatter.printf("%d", o.i)?;
+				case UNSIGNED_INT:
+					formatter.printf("%d", (uint128)o.i)?;
+				case FLOAT:
+					formatter.printf("%d", o.f)?;
+				case ENUM:
+					formatter.printf("%d", o.i)?;
+				default:
+					formatter.printf("<>")?;
+			}
+	}
+}
+
 fn Object* new_obj(Allocator* allocator = mem::heap())
 {
 	Object* o = malloc(Object, .using = allocator);
@@ -207,6 +265,9 @@ macro Object* Object.append(Object* o, value)
  **/
 fn Object*! Object.get(Object* o, String key) => o.is_empty() ? SearchResult.MISSING! : o.map.get(key);
 
+
+fn bool Object.has_key(Object* o, String key) => o.is_map() && o.map.has_key(key);
+
 /**
  * @require o.is_indexable()
  **/
diff --git a/lib/std/core/mem.c3 b/lib/std/core/mem.c3
index ce55c7b6b..cd9003963 100644
--- a/lib/std/core/mem.c3
+++ b/lib/std/core/mem.c3
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// Copyright (c) 2021 Christoffer Lerno. All rights reserved.
+// Copyright (c) 2021-2023 Christoffer Lerno. All rights reserved.
 // Use of this source code is governed by the MIT license
 // a copy of which can be found in the LICENSE_STDLIB file.
 module std::core::mem;
diff --git a/lib/std/encoding/json.c3 b/lib/std/encoding/json.c3
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7cf751d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/std/encoding/json.c3
@@ -0,0 +1,353 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2023 Christoffer Lerno. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by the MIT license
+// a copy of which can be found in the LICENSE_STDLIB file.
+module std::encoding::json;
+import std::io;
+import std::ascii;
+import std::collections::object;
+
+enum JsonTokenType
+{
+	NO_TOKEN,
+	LBRACE,
+	LBRACKET,
+	COMMA,
+	COLON,
+	RBRACE,
+	RBRACKET,
+	STRING,
+	NUMBER,
+	TRUE,
+	FALSE,
+	NULL,
+	EOF,
+}
+
+struct JsonParser
+{
+	uint line;
+	Stream stream;
+	Allocator* allocator;
+	JsonTokenType token;
+	DString last_string;
+	double last_number;
+	char current;
+	anyerr current_err;
+	bool skip_comments;
+	bool reached_end;
+}
+
+fault JsonParsingError
+{
+	EOF,
+	UNEXPECTED_CHARACTER,
+	INVALID_ESCAPE_SEQUENCE,
+	DUPLICATE_MEMBERS,
+	INVALID_NUMBER,
+}
+
+fn void JsonParser.init(JsonParser* parser, Stream s, Allocator* allocator = mem::heap())
+{
+	*parser = { .last_string = dstring::new_with_capacity(64, allocator), .stream = s, .allocator = allocator };
+}
+
+fn Object*! JsonParser.parse_from_token(JsonParser* this, JsonTokenType token)
+{
+	switch (token)
+	{
+		case NO_TOKEN: unreachable();
+		case LBRACE: return this.parse_map();
+		case LBRACKET: return this.parse_array();
+		case COMMA:
+		case RBRACE:
+		case RBRACKET:
+		case COLON: return JsonParsingError.UNEXPECTED_CHARACTER!;
+		case STRING: return object::new_string(this.last_string.str(), this.allocator);
+		case NUMBER: return object::new_float(this.last_number, this.allocator);
+		case TRUE: return object::new_bool(true);
+		case FALSE: return object::new_bool(false);
+		case NULL: return object::new_null();
+		case EOF: return JsonParsingError.EOF!;
+	}
+	unreachable();
+}
+fn Object*! JsonParser.parse_any(JsonParser* this)
+{
+	return this.parse_from_token(this.advance());
+}
+
+fn JsonTokenType! JsonParser.lex_number(JsonParser* this, char c)
+{
+	@pool()
+	{
+		DString t = dstring::tnew_with_capacity(32);
+		bool negate = c == '-';
+		if (negate)
+		{
+			t.append(c);
+			c = this.read_next()?;
+		}
+		while (c >= '0' && c <= '9')
+		{
+			t.append(c);
+			c = this.read_next()?;
+		}
+		if (c == '.')
+		{
+			t.append(c);
+			while (c = this.read_next()?, c >= '0' && c <= '9')
+			{
+				t.append(c);
+			}
+		}
+		if ((c | 32) == 'e')
+		{
+			t.append(c);
+			c = this.read_next()?;
+			switch (c)
+			{
+				case '-':
+				case '+':
+					t.append(c);
+					c = this.read_next()?;
+			}
+			if (c < '0' || c > '9') return JsonParsingError.INVALID_NUMBER!;
+			while (c >= '0' && c <= '9')
+			{
+				t.append(c);
+				c = this.read_next()?;
+			}
+		}
+		this.pushback();
+		double! d = str::to_double(t.str()) ?? JsonParsingError.INVALID_NUMBER!;
+		this.last_number = d?;
+		return NUMBER;
+	};
+}
+
+fn Object*! JsonParser.parse_map(JsonParser* this)
+{
+	Object* map = object::new_obj(this.allocator);
+	JsonTokenType token = this.advance()?;
+	defer catch map.free();
+
+	DString temp_key = dstring::new_with_capacity(32, this.allocator);
+	defer temp_key.free();
+	while (token != JsonTokenType.RBRACE)
+	{
+		if (token != JsonTokenType.STRING) return JsonParsingError.UNEXPECTED_CHARACTER!;
+        DString string = this.last_string;
+        if (map.has_key(string.str())) return JsonParsingError.DUPLICATE_MEMBERS!;
+        // Copy the key to our temp holder. We do this to work around the issue
+        // if the temp allocator should be used as the default allocator.
+        temp_key.clear();
+        temp_key.append(string);
+        this.parse_expected(COLON)?;
+        Object* element = this.parse_any()?;
+		map.set(temp_key.str(), element);
+        token = this.advance()?;
+        if (token == JsonTokenType.COMMA)
+        {
+            token = this.advance()?;
+            continue;
+        }
+        if (token != JsonTokenType.RBRACE) return JsonParsingError.UNEXPECTED_CHARACTER!;
+	}
+	return map;
+}
+
+fn Object*! JsonParser.parse_array(JsonParser* this)
+{
+	Object* list = object::new_obj(this.allocator);
+	defer catch list.free();
+	JsonTokenType token = this.advance()?;
+	while (token != JsonTokenType.RBRACKET)
+	{
+		Object* element = this.parse_from_token(token)?;
+		list.append(element);
+		token = this.advance()?;
+		if (token == JsonTokenType.COMMA)
+		{
+			token = this.advance()?;
+		    continue;
+		}
+		if (token != JsonTokenType.RBRACKET) return JsonParsingError.UNEXPECTED_CHARACTER!;
+	}
+	return list;
+}
+
+fn void JsonParser.pushback(JsonParser* this)
+{
+	if (!this.reached_end) this.stream.pushback_byte()!!;
+}
+
+fn char! JsonParser.read_next(JsonParser* this)
+{
+	if (this.reached_end) return '\0';
+	char! c = this.stream.read_byte();
+	if (catch err = c)
+	{
+		case IoError.EOF:
+			this.reached_end = true;
+			return '\0';
+		default:
+			return err!;
+	}
+	if (c == 0)
+	{
+		this.reached_end = true;
+	}
+	return c;
+}
+
+fn JsonTokenType! JsonParser.advance(JsonParser* this)
+{
+	char c;
+	// Skip whitespace
+	while WS: (c = this.read_next()?)
+	{
+		switch (c)
+		{
+			case '\n':
+				this.line++;
+				nextcase;
+			case ' ':
+			case '\t':
+			case '\r':
+			case '\v':
+				continue;
+			case '/':
+				if (!this.skip_comments) break;
+				c = this.read_next()?;
+				if (c != '*')
+				{
+					this.pushback();
+					break WS;
+				}
+				while COMMENT: (1)
+				{
+					// Skip to */
+					while (c = this.read_next()?)
+					{
+						if (c == '\n') this.line++;
+						if (c != '*') continue;
+						// Skip through all the '*'
+						while (c = this.read_next()?)
+						{
+							if (c == '\n') this.line++;
+							if (c != '*') break;
+						}
+						if (c == '/') break COMMENT;
+					}
+				}
+				continue;
+			default:
+				break WS;
+		}
+	}
+	switch (c)
+	{
+		case '\0':
+			return IoError.EOF!;
+		case '{':
+			return LBRACE;
+		case '}':
+			return RBRACE;
+		case '[':
+			return LBRACKET;
+		case ']':
+			return RBRACKET;
+		case ':':
+			return COLON;
+		case ',':
+			return COMMA;
+		case '"':
+			return this.lex_string();
+		case '-':
+		case '0'..'9':
+			return this.lex_number(c);
+		case 't':
+			this.match("rue")?;
+			return TRUE;
+		case 'f':
+			this.match("alse")?;
+			return FALSE;
+		case 'n':
+			this.match("ull")?;
+			return NULL;
+		default:
+			return JsonParsingError.UNEXPECTED_CHARACTER!;
+	}
+}
+
+fn void! JsonParser.match(JsonParser* this, String str)
+{
+	foreach (c : str)
+	{
+		char l = this.read_next()?;
+		if (l != c) return JsonParsingError.UNEXPECTED_CHARACTER!;
+	}
+}
+
+fn void! JsonParser.parse_expected(JsonParser* this, JsonTokenType token) @local
+{
+	if (this.advance()? != token) return JsonParsingError.UNEXPECTED_CHARACTER!;
+}
+
+fn JsonTokenType! JsonParser.lex_string(JsonParser *this)
+{
+	this.last_string.clear();
+	while LOOP: (1)
+	{
+		char c = this.read_next()?;
+		switch (c)
+		{
+			case '\0':
+				return JsonParsingError.EOF!;
+			case 1..31:
+				return JsonParsingError.UNEXPECTED_CHARACTER!;
+			case '"':
+				break LOOP;
+			case '\\':
+				break;
+			default:
+				this.last_string.append(c);
+				continue;
+		}
+		c = this.read_next()?;
+		switch (c)
+		{
+			case '\0':
+				return JsonParsingError.EOF!;
+			case 1..31:
+				return JsonParsingError.UNEXPECTED_CHARACTER!;
+			case '"':
+			case '\\':
+			case '/':
+				break;
+			case 'b':
+				c = '\b';
+			case 'f':
+				c = '\f';
+			case 'n':
+				c = '\n';
+			case 'r':
+				c = '\r';
+			case 't':
+				c = '\t';
+			case 'u':
+				uint val;
+				for (int i = 0; i < 4; i++)
+				{
+					c = this.read_next()?;
+					if (!c.is_xdigit()) return JsonParsingError.INVALID_ESCAPE_SEQUENCE!;
+					val = val << 4 + (c > '9' ? (c | 32) - 'a' + 10 : c - '0');
+				}
+				this.last_string.append_char32(val);
+				continue;
+			default:
+				 return JsonParsingError.INVALID_ESCAPE_SEQUENCE!;
+		}
+	}
+	return STRING;
+}
diff --git a/test/unit/stdlib/encoding/json.c3 b/test/unit/stdlib/encoding/json.c3
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14c2c93a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/unit/stdlib/encoding/json.c3
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+module json_test @test;
+import std::collections::object;
+import std::io;
+import std::encoding::json;
+
+fn void! simple_test()
+{
+	ByteReader reader;
+	reader.init(`{ "b": 123, "c": [ { "d": 66 }, null, "hello", false ] }`);
+	JsonParser json;
+	json.init(reader.as_stream());
+	Object* o = json.parse_any()?;
+	assert(o.get_int("b")? == 123);
+	assert(o.get("c").get_at(0).get_int("d")? == 66);
+	assert(o.get("c").get_at(1).is_null()?);
+}