TOON for Laravel — Bidirectional JSON ⇄ TOON Conversion & 60-70% Token Savings for AI Prompts

[sbsaga]

Hello Developers! 👋

I’m thrilled to introduce TOON for Laravel, a cutting-edge Token-Optimized Object Notation (TOON) library designed for developers working with AI models and large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT, OpenAI, Gemini, Claude, and Mistral. TOON transforms your JSON or PHP arrays into a compact, human-readable format, while also enabling bidirectional conversion (JSON ⇄ TOON) for maximum flexibility.

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Why TOON?

• ✅ Bidirectional conversion: Convert JSON to TOON and back seamlessly.
• ✅ Token-efficient: Reduce AI prompt token usage by 60–70%, saving costs.
• ✅ Human-readable & compact: Easier to debug than traditional JSON.
• ✅ Seamless Laravel integration: Works with Laravel 9+ out-of-the-box.
• ✅ Built-in analytics: Track byte size, token estimates, and compression ratio.

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Quick Example

use Sbsaga\Toon\Facades\Toon;

$data = [
    'user' => 'Sagar',
    'message' => 'Hello, how are you?',
    'tasks' => [
        ['id' => 1, 'done' => false],
        ['id' => 2, 'done' => true],
    ],
];

$converted = Toon::convert($data);
echo $converted;

Output:

user: Sagar
message: Hello\, how are you?
tasks:
  items[2]{done,id}:
    false,1
    true,2

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Get Started

• Install via Composer:

composer require sbsaga/toon

• Explore Documentation & Examples: Visit the TOON GitHub repository at https://github.com/sbsaga/toon
• Download & Stats on Packagist: https://packagist.org/packages/sbsaga/toon

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Join the Discussion!

• Share how you’re leveraging TOON in your Laravel + AI projects.
• Ask questions or report issues.
• Suggest enhancements and features for upcoming releases.

💬 TOON is designed to make AI development faster, cheaper, and more readable. Let’s optimize prompts together and build a more efficient AI workflow!

[sbsaga]

Hi everyone! 🎉

In Toon v1.1.8, the inlineScalar method has been updated to fully support nested arrays and more complex structures such as user, profile, and orders. This resolves issues with deeply nested data and preserves the TOON format.

You can check the full release notes and changelog here:
https://github.com/sbsaga/toon/releases/tag/v1.1.8

Thanks for your feedback — this should cover the use cases discussed in this thread!