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# Choosing & Using a JSON Library

Third-party JSON libraries are rarely necessary for most use cases with the Couchbase SDKs, and the default library will give you everything that you are likely to need. Just [get started](../hello-world/start-using-sdk.md#hello-couchbase) on your application and see.

> [!NOTE]
> The [Scala SDK supports multiple options for working with JSON](#1.0@scala-sdk:howtos:json.adoc), and has its own page covering this topic.