feat(cli): stream output for both encoding and decoding

packages/cli/src/conversion.ts

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import process from 'node:process'
 import { consola } from 'consola'
 import { estimateTokenCount } from 'tokenx'
 import { decode, encode, encodeLines } from '../../toon/src'
+import { jsonStringifyLines } from './json-stringify-stream'
 import { formatInputLabel, readInput } from './utils'
 
 export async function encodeToToon(config: {
@@ -62,7 +63,6 @@ export async function encodeToToon(config: {
     consola.success(`Saved ~${diff} tokens (-${percent}%)`)
   }
   else {
-    // Use streaming encoder for memory-efficient output
     await writeStreamingToon(encodeLines(data, encodeOptions), config.output)
 
     if (config.output) {
@@ -95,25 +95,52 @@ export async function decodeToJson(config: {
     throw new Error(`Failed to decode TOON: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error)}`)
   }
 
-  const jsonOutput = JSON.stringify(data, undefined, config.indent)
+  await writeStreamingJson(jsonStringifyLines(data, config.indent), config.output)
 
   if (config.output) {
-    await fsp.writeFile(config.output, jsonOutput, 'utf-8')
     const relativeInputPath = formatInputLabel(config.input)
     const relativeOutputPath = path.relative(process.cwd(), config.output)
     consola.success(`Decoded \`${relativeInputPath}\` → \`${relativeOutputPath}\``)
   }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Writes JSON chunks to a file or stdout using streaming approach.
+ * Chunks are written one at a time without building the full string in memory.
+ */
+async function writeStreamingJson(
+  chunks: Iterable<string>,
+  outputPath?: string,
+): Promise<void> {
+  // Stream to file using fs/promises API
+  if (outputPath) {
+    let fileHandle: FileHandle | undefined
+
+    try {
+      fileHandle = await fsp.open(outputPath, 'w')
+
+      for (const chunk of chunks) {
+        await fileHandle.write(chunk)
+      }
+    }
+    finally {
+      await fileHandle?.close()
+    }
+  }
+  // Stream to stdout
   else {
-    console.log(jsonOutput)
+    for (const chunk of chunks) {
+      process.stdout.write(chunk)
+    }
+
+    // Add final newline for stdout
+    process.stdout.write('\n')
   }
 }
 
 /**
  * Writes TOON lines to a file or stdout using streaming approach.
  * Lines are written one at a time without building the full string in memory.
- *
- * @param lines - Iterable of TOON lines (without trailing newlines)
- * @param outputPath - File path to write to, or undefined for stdout
  */
 async function writeStreamingToon(
   lines: Iterable<string>,

packages/cli/src/json-stringify-stream.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+/**
+ * Streaming JSON stringifier.
+ *
+ * Yields JSON tokens one at a time, allowing streaming output without holding
+ * the entire JSON string in memory.
+ *
+ * @param value - The value to stringify (must be JSON-serializable)
+ * @param indent - Number of spaces for indentation (0 = compact, >0 = pretty)
+ * @returns Generator that yields JSON string chunks
+ *
+ * @example
+ * ```ts
+ * const data = { name: "Alice", scores: [95, 87, 92] }
+ * for (const chunk of jsonStringifyLines(data, 2)) {
+ *   process.stdout.write(chunk)
+ * }
+ * ```
+ */
+export function* jsonStringifyLines(
+  value: unknown,
+  indent: number = 2,
+): Iterable<string> {
+  yield* stringifyValue(value, 0, indent)
+}
+
+/**
+ * Internal generator for recursive stringification.
+ */
+function* stringifyValue(
+  value: unknown,
+  depth: number,
+  indent: number,
+): Iterable<string> {
+  // Handle null
+  if (value === null) {
+    yield 'null'
+    return
+  }
+
+  const type = typeof value
+
+  // Handle primitives
+  if (type === 'boolean' || type === 'number') {
+    yield JSON.stringify(value)
+    return
+  }
+
+  if (type === 'string') {
+    yield JSON.stringify(value)
+    return
+  }
+
+  // Handle arrays
+  if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+    yield* stringifyArray(value, depth, indent)
+    return
+  }
+
+  // Handle objects
+  if (type === 'object') {
+    yield* stringifyObject(value as Record<string, unknown>, depth, indent)
+    return
+  }
+
+  // Undefined, functions, symbols become null in JSON
+  yield 'null'
+}
+
+/**
+ * Stringify an array with proper formatting.
+ */
+function* stringifyArray(
+  arr: unknown[],
+  depth: number,
+  indent: number,
+): Iterable<string> {
+  if (arr.length === 0) {
+    yield '[]'
+    return
+  }
+
+  yield '['
+
+  if (indent > 0) {
+    // Pretty-printed format
+    for (let i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
+      yield '\n'
+      yield ' '.repeat((depth + 1) * indent)
+      yield* stringifyValue(arr[i], depth + 1, indent)
+      if (i < arr.length - 1) {
+        yield ','
+      }
+    }
+    yield '\n'
+    yield ' '.repeat(depth * indent)
+    yield ']'
+  }
+  else {
+    // Compact format
+    for (let i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) {
+      yield* stringifyValue(arr[i], depth + 1, indent)
+      if (i < arr.length - 1) {
+        yield ','
+      }
+    }
+    yield ']'
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Stringify an object with proper formatting.
+ */
+function* stringifyObject(
+  obj: Record<string, unknown>,
+  depth: number,
+  indent: number,
+): Iterable<string> {
+  const keys = Object.keys(obj)
+
+  if (keys.length === 0) {
+    yield '{}'
+    return
+  }
+
+  yield '{'
+
+  if (indent > 0) {
+    // Pretty-printed format
+    for (let i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
+      const key = keys[i]!
+      const value = obj[key]
+
+      yield '\n'
+      yield ' '.repeat((depth + 1) * indent)
+      yield JSON.stringify(key)
+      yield ': '
+      yield* stringifyValue(value, depth + 1, indent)
+      if (i < keys.length - 1) {
+        yield ','
+      }
+    }
+    yield '\n'
+    yield ' '.repeat(depth * indent)
+    yield '}'
+  }
+  else {
+    // Compact format
+    for (let i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
+      const key = keys[i]!
+      const value = obj[key]
+
+      yield JSON.stringify(key)
+      yield ':'
+      yield* stringifyValue(value, depth + 1, indent)
+      if (i < keys.length - 1) {
+        yield ','
+      }
+    }
+    yield '}'
+  }
+}