diff --git a/.checkstyle/suppressions.xml b/.checkstyle/suppressions.xml
index ea0de2320..7fd987d8e 100644
--- a/.checkstyle/suppressions.xml
+++ b/.checkstyle/suppressions.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <suppress files="api[\\/]src[\\/]main[\\/]java[\\/]net[\\/]kyori[\\/]adventure[\\/]Adventure.java" checks="SummaryJavadoc"/>
 
   <!-- no javadoc on test and internal classes -->
-  <suppress files="src[\\/](test|jmh)[\\/]java[\\/].*" checks="(FilteringWriteTag|JavadocPackage|MissingJavadoc.*)"/>
+  <suppress files="src[\\/](test(?:Fixtures)?|jmh)[\\/]java[\\/].*" checks="(FilteringWriteTag|JavadocPackage|MissingJavadoc.*)"/>
   <suppress files="api[\\/]src[\\/]main[\\/]java[\\/]net[\\/]kyori[\\/]adventure[\\/]internal[\\/].*" checks="(FilteringWriteTag|JavadocPackage|MissingJavadoc.*)"/>
   <suppress files="minimessage[\\/]src[\\/]main[\\/]java[\\/]net[\\/]kyori[\\/]adventure[\\/]text[\\/]minimessage[\\/]parser[\\/].*" checks="(FilteringWriteTag|JavadocPackage|MissingJavadoc.*)"/>
   
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/util/Services.java b/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/util/Services.java
index 038e47fbf..b1ca003be 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/util/Services.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/util/Services.java
@@ -69,4 +69,56 @@ private Services() {
     }
     return Optional.empty();
   }
+
+  /**
+   * A fallback service.
+   *
+   * <p>When used in tandem with {@link #serviceWithFallback(Class)}, classes that implement this interface
+   * will be ignored in favour of classes that do not implement this interface.</p>
+   *
+   * @since 4.14.0
+   */
+  public interface Fallback {
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Locates a service.
+   *
+   * <p>If multiple services of this type exist, the first non-fallback service will be returned.</p>
+   *
+   * @param type the service type
+   * @param <P> the service type
+   * @return a service, or {@link Optional#empty()}
+   * @see Fallback
+   * @since 4.14.0
+   */
+  public static <P> @NotNull Optional<P> serviceWithFallback(final @NotNull Class<P> type) {
+    final ServiceLoader<P> loader = Services0.loader(type);
+    final Iterator<P> it = loader.iterator();
+    P firstFallback = null;
+
+    while (it.hasNext()) {
+      final P instance;
+
+      try {
+        instance = it.next();
+      } catch (final Throwable t) {
+        if (SERVICE_LOAD_FAILURES_ARE_FATAL) {
+          throw new IllegalStateException("Encountered an exception loading service " + type, t);
+        } else {
+          continue;
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (instance instanceof Fallback) {
+        if (firstFallback == null) {
+          firstFallback = instance;
+        }
+      } else {
+        return Optional.of(instance);
+      }
+    }
+
+    return Optional.ofNullable(firstFallback);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/bom/build.gradle.kts b/bom/build.gradle.kts
index 38362c64f..758e0d5b3 100644
--- a/bom/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/bom/build.gradle.kts
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ dependencies {
       "text-minimessage",
       "text-serializer-ansi",
       "text-serializer-gson",
-      "text-serializer-gson-legacy-impl",
+      "text-serializer-json",
+      "text-serializer-json-legacy-impl",
       "text-serializer-legacy",
       "text-serializer-plain"
     ).forEach {
diff --git a/build-logic/src/main/kotlin/adventure.common-conventions.gradle.kts b/build-logic/src/main/kotlin/adventure.common-conventions.gradle.kts
index 631b7dbe9..76ccc27f0 100644
--- a/build-logic/src/main/kotlin/adventure.common-conventions.gradle.kts
+++ b/build-logic/src/main/kotlin/adventure.common-conventions.gradle.kts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import com.diffplug.gradle.spotless.FormatExtension
 import me.champeau.jmh.JMHPlugin
 import me.champeau.jmh.JmhParameters
 import net.ltgt.gradle.errorprone.errorprone
-import org.gradle.api.artifacts.type.ArtifactTypeDefinition
 
 plugins {
   id("adventure.base-conventions")
diff --git a/build-logic/src/main/kotlin/adventure.json-impl-conventions.gradle.kts b/build-logic/src/main/kotlin/adventure.json-impl-conventions.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5cf02bde3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-logic/src/main/kotlin/adventure.json-impl-conventions.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import me.champeau.jmh.JMHPlugin
+import me.champeau.jmh.JmhBytecodeGeneratorTask
+
+plugins {
+  id("adventure.common-conventions")
+}
+
+val sharedTests by configurations.registering {
+  isVisible = false
+  isCanBeResolved = false
+  isCanBeConsumed = false
+}
+
+val sharedTestDirs by configurations.registering {
+  isVisible = false
+  isCanBeConsumed = false
+  extendsFrom(sharedTests.get())
+  isTransitive = false // we want the directory on its own
+
+  attributes {
+    attribute(Category.CATEGORY_ATTRIBUTE, objects.named(Category.LIBRARY))
+    attribute(Usage.USAGE_ATTRIBUTE, objects.named(Usage.JAVA_API)) // needs to be API to get the unpacked test-fixtures variant
+    attribute(Bundling.BUNDLING_ATTRIBUTE, objects.named(Bundling.EXTERNAL))
+    attribute(LibraryElements.LIBRARY_ELEMENTS_ATTRIBUTE, objects.named(LibraryElements.CLASSES))
+  }
+}
+
+val sharedBenchmarks by configurations.registering {
+  isVisible = false
+  isTransitive = false
+
+  attributes {
+    attribute(Category.CATEGORY_ATTRIBUTE, objects.named(Category.LIBRARY))
+    attribute(Usage.USAGE_ATTRIBUTE, objects.named(Usage.JAVA_RUNTIME))
+    attribute(Bundling.BUNDLING_ATTRIBUTE, objects.named(Bundling.EXTERNAL))
+    attribute(LibraryElements.LIBRARY_ELEMENTS_ATTRIBUTE, objects.named(LibraryElements.CLASSES))
+  }
+}
+
+configurations.testRuntimeOnly {
+  extendsFrom(sharedTests.get())
+}
+
+tasks.test {
+  testClassesDirs += sharedTestDirs.get()
+}
+
+dependencies {
+  val textSerializerJson = project(":adventure-text-serializer-json")
+  api(textSerializerJson)
+  sharedTests.name(testFixtures(textSerializerJson.copy()))
+  sharedBenchmarks.name(textSerializerJson.copy().capabilities {
+    requireCapability("${project.group}:adventure-text-serializer-json-benchmarks:${project.version}")
+  })
+  annotationProcessor(project(":adventure-annotation-processors"))
+}
+
+// Configure benchmarks to read from json project
+plugins.withId("me.champeau.jmh") {
+  configurations.named(JMHPlugin.getJHM_RUNTIME_CLASSPATH_CONFIGURATION()) {
+    extendsFrom(sharedBenchmarks.get())
+  }
+  tasks.named("jmhRunBytecodeGenerator", JmhBytecodeGeneratorTask::class) {
+    classesDirsToProcess.from(sharedBenchmarks.get())
+  }
+}
diff --git a/settings.gradle.kts b/settings.gradle.kts
index 6e8875da9..031b4b2b3 100644
--- a/settings.gradle.kts
+++ b/settings.gradle.kts
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ sequenceOf(
   "text-minimessage",
   "text-serializer-gson",
   "text-serializer-gson-legacy-impl",
+  "text-serializer-json",
+  "text-serializer-json-legacy-impl",
   "text-serializer-legacy",
   "text-serializer-plain",
   "text-serializer-ansi",
diff --git a/text-serializer-gson-legacy-impl/build.gradle.kts b/text-serializer-gson-legacy-impl/build.gradle.kts
index ac5adbc5e..7718b6f04 100644
--- a/text-serializer-gson-legacy-impl/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/text-serializer-gson-legacy-impl/build.gradle.kts
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 dependencies {
-  api(projects.adventureApi)
   api(projects.adventureTextSerializerGson)
-  api(projects.adventureNbt)
+  api(projects.adventureTextSerializerJsonLegacyImpl)
 }
 
 applyJarMetadata("net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson.legacyimpl")
diff --git a/text-serializer-gson-legacy-impl/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/legacyimpl/NBTLegacyHoverEventSerializer.java b/text-serializer-gson-legacy-impl/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/legacyimpl/NBTLegacyHoverEventSerializer.java
index 6065cbd6e..a9811f6e0 100644
--- a/text-serializer-gson-legacy-impl/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/legacyimpl/NBTLegacyHoverEventSerializer.java
+++ b/text-serializer-gson-legacy-impl/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/legacyimpl/NBTLegacyHoverEventSerializer.java
@@ -25,20 +25,27 @@
 
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.event.HoverEvent;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson.LegacyHoverEventSerializer;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 /**
  * A legacy {@link HoverEvent} serializer.
  *
  * @since 4.3.0
+ * @deprecated for removal since 4.14, use {@link net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.legacyimpl.NBTLegacyHoverEventSerializer the text-serializer-json version} instead.
  */
-public interface NBTLegacyHoverEventSerializer extends LegacyHoverEventSerializer {
+@Deprecated
+@ApiStatus.ScheduledForRemoval(inVersion = "5.0.0")
+public interface NBTLegacyHoverEventSerializer extends LegacyHoverEventSerializer, net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.legacyimpl.NBTLegacyHoverEventSerializer {
   /**
    * Gets the legacy {@link HoverEvent} serializer.
    *
    * @return a legacy {@link HoverEvent} serializer
    * @since 4.3.0
+   * @deprecated for removal since 4.14, use {@link net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.legacyimpl.NBTLegacyHoverEventSerializer the text-serializer-json version} instead.
    */
+  @Deprecated
+  @ApiStatus.ScheduledForRemoval(inVersion = "5.0.0")
   static @NotNull LegacyHoverEventSerializer get() {
     return NBTLegacyHoverEventSerializerImpl.INSTANCE;
   }
diff --git a/text-serializer-gson-legacy-impl/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/legacyimpl/NBTLegacyHoverEventSerializerImpl.java b/text-serializer-gson-legacy-impl/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/legacyimpl/NBTLegacyHoverEventSerializerImpl.java
index 4603d0ee0..d60ff7780 100644
--- a/text-serializer-gson-legacy-impl/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/legacyimpl/NBTLegacyHoverEventSerializerImpl.java
+++ b/text-serializer-gson-legacy-impl/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/legacyimpl/NBTLegacyHoverEventSerializerImpl.java
@@ -24,85 +24,39 @@
 package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson.legacyimpl;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.UUID;
-import net.kyori.adventure.key.Key;
-import net.kyori.adventure.nbt.CompoundBinaryTag;
-import net.kyori.adventure.nbt.TagStringIO;
-import net.kyori.adventure.nbt.api.BinaryTagHolder;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
-import net.kyori.adventure.text.TextComponent;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.event.HoverEvent;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson.LegacyHoverEventSerializer;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.legacyimpl.NBTLegacyHoverEventSerializer;
 import net.kyori.adventure.util.Codec;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
+@Deprecated
 final class NBTLegacyHoverEventSerializerImpl implements LegacyHoverEventSerializer {
   static final NBTLegacyHoverEventSerializerImpl INSTANCE = new NBTLegacyHoverEventSerializerImpl();
-  private static final TagStringIO SNBT_IO = TagStringIO.get();
-  private static final Codec<CompoundBinaryTag, String, IOException, IOException> SNBT_CODEC = Codec.codec(SNBT_IO::asCompound, SNBT_IO::asString);
 
-  static final String ITEM_TYPE = "id";
-  static final String ITEM_COUNT = "Count";
-  static final String ITEM_TAG = "tag";
-
-  static final String ENTITY_NAME = "name";
-  static final String ENTITY_TYPE = "type";
-  static final String ENTITY_ID = "id";
+  static final net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.LegacyHoverEventSerializer NEW_INSTANCE = NBTLegacyHoverEventSerializer.get();
 
   private NBTLegacyHoverEventSerializerImpl() {
   }
 
   @Override
   public HoverEvent.@NotNull ShowItem deserializeShowItem(final @NotNull Component input) throws IOException {
-    assertTextComponent(input);
-    final CompoundBinaryTag contents = SNBT_CODEC.decode(((TextComponent) input).content());
-    final CompoundBinaryTag tag = contents.getCompound(ITEM_TAG);
-    return HoverEvent.ShowItem.showItem(
-      Key.key(contents.getString(ITEM_TYPE)),
-      contents.getByte(ITEM_COUNT, (byte) 1),
-      tag == CompoundBinaryTag.empty() ? null : BinaryTagHolder.encode(tag, SNBT_CODEC)
-    );
+    return NEW_INSTANCE.deserializeShowItem(input);
   }
 
   @Override
   public HoverEvent.@NotNull ShowEntity deserializeShowEntity(final @NotNull Component input, final Codec.Decoder<Component, String, ? extends RuntimeException> componentCodec) throws IOException {
-    assertTextComponent(input);
-    final CompoundBinaryTag contents = SNBT_CODEC.decode(((TextComponent) input).content());
-    return HoverEvent.ShowEntity.showEntity(
-      Key.key(contents.getString(ENTITY_TYPE)),
-      UUID.fromString(contents.getString(ENTITY_ID)),
-      componentCodec.decode(contents.getString(ENTITY_NAME))
-    );
-  }
-
-  private static void assertTextComponent(final Component component) {
-    if (!(component instanceof TextComponent) || !component.children().isEmpty()) {
-      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Legacy events must be single Component instances");
-    }
+    return NEW_INSTANCE.deserializeShowEntity(input, componentCodec);
   }
 
   @Override
   public @NotNull Component serializeShowItem(final HoverEvent.@NotNull ShowItem input) throws IOException {
-    final CompoundBinaryTag.Builder builder = CompoundBinaryTag.builder()
-      .putString(ITEM_TYPE, input.item().asString())
-      .putByte(ITEM_COUNT, (byte) input.count());
-    final @Nullable BinaryTagHolder nbt = input.nbt();
-    if (nbt != null) {
-      builder.put(ITEM_TAG, nbt.get(SNBT_CODEC));
-    }
-    return Component.text(SNBT_CODEC.encode(builder.build()));
+    return NEW_INSTANCE.serializeShowItem(input);
   }
 
   @Override
   public @NotNull Component serializeShowEntity(final HoverEvent.@NotNull ShowEntity input, final Codec.Encoder<Component, String, ? extends RuntimeException> componentCodec) throws IOException {
-    final CompoundBinaryTag.Builder builder = CompoundBinaryTag.builder()
-      .putString(ENTITY_ID, input.id().toString())
-      .putString(ENTITY_TYPE, input.type().asString());
-    final @Nullable Component name = input.name();
-    if (name != null) {
-      builder.putString(ENTITY_NAME, componentCodec.encode(name));
-    }
-    return Component.text(SNBT_CODEC.encode(builder.build()));
+    return NEW_INSTANCE.serializeShowEntity(input, componentCodec);
   }
 }
diff --git a/text-serializer-gson/build.gradle.kts b/text-serializer-gson/build.gradle.kts
index 04e83fd62..5d6c1935e 100644
--- a/text-serializer-gson/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/text-serializer-gson/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 plugins {
-  id("adventure.common-conventions")
+  id("adventure.json-impl-conventions")
   alias(libs.plugins.jmh)
 }
 
 dependencies {
-  api(projects.adventureApi)
   api(libs.gson)
-  testImplementation(projects.adventureNbt)
-  annotationProcessor(projects.adventureAnnotationProcessors)
 }
 
 applyJarMetadata("net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson")
diff --git a/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/ComponentSerializerImpl.java b/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/ComponentSerializerImpl.java
index 88a1d0ca3..b3bb27732 100644
--- a/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/ComponentSerializerImpl.java
+++ b/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/ComponentSerializerImpl.java
@@ -53,25 +53,25 @@
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.TranslatableComponent;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
-final class ComponentSerializerImpl extends TypeAdapter<Component> {
-  static final String TEXT = "text";
-  static final String TRANSLATE = "translate";
-  static final String TRANSLATE_FALLBACK = "fallback";
-  static final String TRANSLATE_WITH = "with";
-  static final String SCORE = "score";
-  static final String SCORE_NAME = "name";
-  static final String SCORE_OBJECTIVE = "objective";
-  static final String SCORE_VALUE = "value";
-  static final String SELECTOR = "selector";
-  static final String KEYBIND = "keybind";
-  static final String EXTRA = "extra";
-  static final String NBT = "nbt";
-  static final String NBT_INTERPRET = "interpret";
-  static final String NBT_BLOCK = "block";
-  static final String NBT_ENTITY = "entity";
-  static final String NBT_STORAGE = "storage";
-  static final String SEPARATOR = "separator";
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentConstants.EXTRA;
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentConstants.KEYBIND;
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentConstants.NBT;
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentConstants.NBT_BLOCK;
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentConstants.NBT_ENTITY;
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentConstants.NBT_INTERPRET;
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentConstants.NBT_STORAGE;
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentConstants.SCORE;
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentConstants.SCORE_NAME;
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentConstants.SCORE_OBJECTIVE;
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentConstants.SCORE_VALUE;
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentConstants.SELECTOR;
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentConstants.SEPARATOR;
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentConstants.TEXT;
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentConstants.TRANSLATE;
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentConstants.TRANSLATE_FALLBACK;
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentConstants.TRANSLATE_WITH;
 
+final class ComponentSerializerImpl extends TypeAdapter<Component> {
   static final Type COMPONENT_LIST_TYPE = new TypeToken<List<Component>>() {}.getType();
 
   static TypeAdapter<Component> create(final Gson gson) {
diff --git a/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/GsonComponentSerializer.java b/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/GsonComponentSerializer.java
index 7290385ca..209bde6a4 100644
--- a/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/GsonComponentSerializer.java
+++ b/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/GsonComponentSerializer.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 import java.util.function.UnaryOperator;
 import net.kyori.adventure.builder.AbstractBuilder;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
-import net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.ComponentSerializer;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentSerializer;
 import net.kyori.adventure.util.Buildable;
 import net.kyori.adventure.util.PlatformAPI;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus;
@@ -40,12 +40,15 @@
 /**
  * A gson component serializer.
  *
+ * <p>This is a specific implementation of {@link JSONComponentSerializer} for the Gson library.
+ * Libraries that want to remain unopinionated should work with that interface instead.</p>
+ *
  * <p>Use {@link Builder#downsampleColors()} to support platforms
  * that do not understand hex colors that were introduced in Minecraft 1.16.</p>
  *
  * @since 4.0.0
  */
-public interface GsonComponentSerializer extends ComponentSerializer<Component, Component, String>, Buildable<GsonComponentSerializer, GsonComponentSerializer.Builder> {
+public interface GsonComponentSerializer extends JSONComponentSerializer, Buildable<GsonComponentSerializer, GsonComponentSerializer.Builder> {
   /**
    * Gets a component serializer for gson serialization and deserialization.
    *
@@ -118,7 +121,7 @@ static Builder builder() {
    *
    * @since 4.0.0
    */
-  interface Builder extends AbstractBuilder<GsonComponentSerializer>, Buildable.Builder<GsonComponentSerializer> {
+  interface Builder extends AbstractBuilder<GsonComponentSerializer>, Buildable.Builder<GsonComponentSerializer>, JSONComponentSerializer.Builder {
     /**
      * Sets that the serializer should downsample hex colors to named colors.
      *
@@ -135,16 +138,19 @@ interface Builder extends AbstractBuilder<GsonComponentSerializer>, Buildable.Bu
      * @param serializer serializer
      * @return this builder
      * @since 4.0.0
+     * @deprecated for removal since 4.14.0, use {@link #legacyHoverEventSerializer(net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.LegacyHoverEventSerializer)} instead
      */
-    @NotNull Builder legacyHoverEventSerializer(final @Nullable LegacyHoverEventSerializer serializer);
+    @Deprecated
+    default @NotNull Builder legacyHoverEventSerializer(final @Nullable LegacyHoverEventSerializer serializer) {
+      return this.legacyHoverEventSerializer((net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.LegacyHoverEventSerializer) serializer);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    @NotNull Builder legacyHoverEventSerializer(final net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.@Nullable LegacyHoverEventSerializer serializer);
 
     /**
-     * Output a legacy hover event {@code value} in addition to the modern {@code contents}.
+     * {@inheritDoc}
      *
-     * <p>A {@link #legacyHoverEventSerializer(LegacyHoverEventSerializer) legacy hover serializer} must also be set
-     * to serialize any hover events beyond those with action {@link net.kyori.adventure.text.event.HoverEvent.Action#SHOW_TEXT}</p>
-     *
-     * @return this builder
      * @since 4.0.0
      */
     @NotNull Builder emitLegacyHoverEvent();
diff --git a/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/GsonComponentSerializerImpl.java b/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/GsonComponentSerializerImpl.java
index a855bbe48..acf1b65f8 100644
--- a/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/GsonComponentSerializerImpl.java
+++ b/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/GsonComponentSerializerImpl.java
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ static final class Instances {
   private final Gson serializer;
   private final UnaryOperator<GsonBuilder> populator;
   private final boolean downsampleColor;
-  private final @Nullable LegacyHoverEventSerializer legacyHoverSerializer;
+  private final net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.@Nullable LegacyHoverEventSerializer legacyHoverSerializer;
   private final boolean emitLegacyHover;
 
-  GsonComponentSerializerImpl(final boolean downsampleColor, final @Nullable LegacyHoverEventSerializer legacyHoverSerializer, final boolean emitLegacyHover) {
+  GsonComponentSerializerImpl(final boolean downsampleColor, final net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.@Nullable LegacyHoverEventSerializer legacyHoverSerializer, final boolean emitLegacyHover) {
     this.downsampleColor = downsampleColor;
     this.legacyHoverSerializer = legacyHoverSerializer;
     this.emitLegacyHover = emitLegacyHover;
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ static final class Instances {
 
   static final class BuilderImpl implements Builder {
     private boolean downsampleColor = false;
-    private @Nullable LegacyHoverEventSerializer legacyHoverSerializer;
+    private net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.@Nullable LegacyHoverEventSerializer legacyHoverSerializer;
     private boolean emitLegacyHover = false;
 
     BuilderImpl() {
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ static final class BuilderImpl implements Builder {
     }
 
     @Override
-    public @NotNull Builder legacyHoverEventSerializer(final @Nullable LegacyHoverEventSerializer serializer) {
+    public @NotNull Builder legacyHoverEventSerializer(final net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.@Nullable LegacyHoverEventSerializer serializer) {
       this.legacyHoverSerializer = serializer;
       return this;
     }
diff --git a/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/JSONComponentSerializerProviderImpl.java b/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/JSONComponentSerializerProviderImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..346084a2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/JSONComponentSerializerProviderImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of adventure, licensed under the MIT License.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2023 KyoriPowered
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ */
+package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson;
+
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentSerializer;
+import net.kyori.adventure.util.Services;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of the JSON component serializer provider.
+ *
+ * @since 4.14.0
+ */
+@ApiStatus.Internal
+public final class JSONComponentSerializerProviderImpl implements JSONComponentSerializer.Provider, Services.Fallback {
+  @Override
+  public @NotNull JSONComponentSerializer json() {
+    return GsonComponentSerializer.gson();
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public @NotNull Supplier<JSONComponentSerializer.@NotNull Builder> builder() {
+    return GsonComponentSerializer::builder;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/LegacyHoverEventSerializer.java b/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/LegacyHoverEventSerializer.java
index 73ffffb68..ca7479f1c 100644
--- a/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/LegacyHoverEventSerializer.java
+++ b/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/LegacyHoverEventSerializer.java
@@ -23,57 +23,16 @@
  */
 package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
-import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
-import net.kyori.adventure.text.event.HoverEvent;
-import net.kyori.adventure.util.Codec;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus;
 
 /**
  * Adapter to convert between modern and legacy hover event formats.
  *
  * @since 4.0.0
+ * @deprecated for removal since 4.13.0, implement {@link net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.LegacyHoverEventSerializer} instead
  */
-public interface LegacyHoverEventSerializer {
-  /**
-   * Convert a legacy hover event {@code show_item} value to its modern format.
-   *
-   * @param input component whose plain-text value is a SNBT string
-   * @return the deserialized event
-   * @throws IOException if the input is improperly formatted
-   * @since 4.0.0
-   */
-  HoverEvent.@NotNull ShowItem deserializeShowItem(final @NotNull Component input) throws IOException;
+@Deprecated
+@ApiStatus.ScheduledForRemoval(inVersion = "5.0.0")
+public interface LegacyHoverEventSerializer extends net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.LegacyHoverEventSerializer {
 
-  /**
-   * Convert a legacy hover event {@code show_entity} value to its modern format.
-   *
-   * @param input component whose plain-text value is a SNBT string
-   * @param componentDecoder A decoder that can take a JSON string and return a deserialized component
-   * @return the deserialized event
-   * @throws IOException if the input is improperly formatted
-   * @since 4.0.0
-   */
-  HoverEvent.@NotNull ShowEntity deserializeShowEntity(final @NotNull Component input, final Codec.Decoder<Component, String, ? extends RuntimeException> componentDecoder) throws IOException;
-
-  /**
-   * Convert a modern hover event {@code show_item} value to its legacy format.
-   *
-   * @param input modern hover event
-   * @return component with the legacy value as a SNBT string
-   * @throws IOException if the input is improperly formatted
-   * @since 4.0.0
-   */
-  @NotNull Component serializeShowItem(final HoverEvent.@NotNull ShowItem input) throws IOException;
-
-  /**
-   * Convert a modern hover event {@code show_entity} value to its legacy format.
-   *
-   * @param input modern hover event
-   * @param componentEncoder An encoder that can take a {@link Component} and return a JSON string
-   * @return component with the legacy value as a SNBT string
-   * @throws IOException if the input is improperly formatted
-   * @since 4.0.0
-   */
-  @NotNull Component serializeShowEntity(final HoverEvent.@NotNull ShowEntity input, final Codec.Encoder<Component, String, ? extends RuntimeException> componentEncoder) throws IOException;
 }
diff --git a/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/SerializerFactory.java b/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/SerializerFactory.java
index b47be5e0a..e644cf7ea 100644
--- a/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/SerializerFactory.java
+++ b/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/SerializerFactory.java
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ final class SerializerFactory implements TypeAdapterFactory {
   static final Class<BlockNBTComponent.Pos> BLOCK_NBT_POS_TYPE = BlockNBTComponent.Pos.class;
 
   private final boolean downsampleColors;
-  private final LegacyHoverEventSerializer legacyHoverSerializer;
+  private final net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.LegacyHoverEventSerializer legacyHoverSerializer;
   private final boolean emitLegacyHover;
 
-  SerializerFactory(final boolean downsampleColors, final @Nullable LegacyHoverEventSerializer legacyHoverSerializer, final boolean emitLegacyHover) {
+  SerializerFactory(final boolean downsampleColors, final net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.@Nullable LegacyHoverEventSerializer legacyHoverSerializer, final boolean emitLegacyHover) {
     this.downsampleColors = downsampleColors;
     this.legacyHoverSerializer = legacyHoverSerializer;
     this.emitLegacyHover = emitLegacyHover;
diff --git a/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/ShowEntitySerializer.java b/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/ShowEntitySerializer.java
index b8947beaa..bcd9b72c0 100644
--- a/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/ShowEntitySerializer.java
+++ b/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/ShowEntitySerializer.java
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.event.HoverEvent;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
-final class ShowEntitySerializer extends TypeAdapter<HoverEvent.ShowEntity> {
-  static final String TYPE = "type";
-  static final String ID = "id";
-  static final String NAME = "name";
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentConstants.SHOW_ENTITY_ID;
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentConstants.SHOW_ENTITY_NAME;
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentConstants.SHOW_ENTITY_TYPE;
 
+final class ShowEntitySerializer extends TypeAdapter<HoverEvent.ShowEntity> {
   static TypeAdapter<HoverEvent.ShowEntity> create(final Gson gson) {
     return new ShowEntitySerializer(gson).nullSafe();
   }
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ public HoverEvent.ShowEntity read(final JsonReader in) throws IOException {
 
     while (in.hasNext()) {
       final String fieldName = in.nextName();
-      if (fieldName.equals(TYPE)) {
+      if (fieldName.equals(SHOW_ENTITY_TYPE)) {
         type = this.gson.fromJson(in, SerializerFactory.KEY_TYPE);
-      } else if (fieldName.equals(ID)) {
+      } else if (fieldName.equals(SHOW_ENTITY_ID)) {
         id = UUID.fromString(in.nextString());
-      } else if (fieldName.equals(NAME)) {
+      } else if (fieldName.equals(SHOW_ENTITY_NAME)) {
         name = this.gson.fromJson(in, SerializerFactory.COMPONENT_TYPE);
       } else {
         in.skipValue();
@@ -83,15 +83,15 @@ public HoverEvent.ShowEntity read(final JsonReader in) throws IOException {
   public void write(final JsonWriter out, final HoverEvent.ShowEntity value) throws IOException {
     out.beginObject();
 
-    out.name(TYPE);
+    out.name(SHOW_ENTITY_TYPE);
     this.gson.toJson(value.type(), SerializerFactory.KEY_TYPE, out);
 
-    out.name(ID);
+    out.name(SHOW_ENTITY_ID);
     out.value(value.id().toString());
 
     final @Nullable Component name = value.name();
     if (name != null) {
-      out.name(NAME);
+      out.name(SHOW_ENTITY_NAME);
       this.gson.toJson(name, SerializerFactory.COMPONENT_TYPE, out);
     }
 
diff --git a/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/ShowItemSerializer.java b/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/ShowItemSerializer.java
index f243c063a..180db185a 100644
--- a/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/ShowItemSerializer.java
+++ b/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/ShowItemSerializer.java
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.event.HoverEvent;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
-final class ShowItemSerializer extends TypeAdapter<HoverEvent.ShowItem> {
-  static final String ID = "id";
-  static final String COUNT = "count";
-  static final String TAG = "tag";
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentConstants.SHOW_ITEM_COUNT;
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentConstants.SHOW_ITEM_ID;
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentConstants.SHOW_ITEM_TAG;
 
+final class ShowItemSerializer extends TypeAdapter<HoverEvent.ShowItem> {
   static TypeAdapter<HoverEvent.ShowItem> create(final Gson gson) {
     return new ShowItemSerializer(gson).nullSafe();
   }
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ public HoverEvent.ShowItem read(final JsonReader in) throws IOException {
 
     while (in.hasNext()) {
       final String fieldName = in.nextName();
-      if (fieldName.equals(ID)) {
+      if (fieldName.equals(SHOW_ITEM_ID)) {
         key = this.gson.fromJson(in, SerializerFactory.KEY_TYPE);
-      } else if (fieldName.equals(COUNT)) {
+      } else if (fieldName.equals(SHOW_ITEM_COUNT)) {
         count = in.nextInt();
-      } else if (fieldName.equals(TAG)) {
+      } else if (fieldName.equals(SHOW_ITEM_TAG)) {
         final JsonToken token = in.peek();
         if (token == JsonToken.STRING || token == JsonToken.NUMBER) {
           nbt = BinaryTagHolder.binaryTagHolder(in.nextString());
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public HoverEvent.ShowItem read(final JsonReader in) throws IOException {
         } else if (token == JsonToken.NULL) {
           in.nextNull();
         } else {
-          throw new JsonParseException("Expected " + TAG + " to be a string");
+          throw new JsonParseException("Expected " + SHOW_ITEM_TAG + " to be a string");
         }
       } else {
         in.skipValue();
@@ -92,18 +92,18 @@ public HoverEvent.ShowItem read(final JsonReader in) throws IOException {
   public void write(final JsonWriter out, final HoverEvent.ShowItem value) throws IOException {
     out.beginObject();
 
-    out.name(ID);
+    out.name(SHOW_ITEM_ID);
     this.gson.toJson(value.item(), SerializerFactory.KEY_TYPE, out);
 
     final int count = value.count();
     if (count != 1) {
-      out.name(COUNT);
+      out.name(SHOW_ITEM_COUNT);
       out.value(count);
     }
 
     final @Nullable BinaryTagHolder nbt = value.nbt();
     if (nbt != null) {
-      out.name(TAG);
+      out.name(SHOW_ITEM_TAG);
       out.value(nbt.string());
     }
 
diff --git a/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/StyleSerializer.java b/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/StyleSerializer.java
index 5f692cb69..4b385785f 100644
--- a/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/StyleSerializer.java
+++ b/text-serializer-gson/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/StyleSerializer.java
@@ -46,6 +46,17 @@
 import net.kyori.adventure.util.Codec;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentConstants.CLICK_EVENT;
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentConstants.CLICK_EVENT_ACTION;
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentConstants.CLICK_EVENT_VALUE;
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentConstants.COLOR;
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentConstants.FONT;
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentConstants.HOVER_EVENT;
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentConstants.HOVER_EVENT_ACTION;
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentConstants.HOVER_EVENT_CONTENTS;
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentConstants.HOVER_EVENT_VALUE;
+import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentConstants.INSERTION;
+
 final class StyleSerializer extends TypeAdapter<Style> {
   @SuppressWarnings("checkstyle:NoWhitespaceAfter")
   private static final TextDecoration[] DECORATIONS = {
@@ -69,26 +80,15 @@ final class StyleSerializer extends TypeAdapter<Style> {
     }
   }
 
-  static final String FONT = "font";
-  static final String COLOR = "color";
-  static final String INSERTION = "insertion";
-  static final String CLICK_EVENT = "clickEvent";
-  static final String CLICK_EVENT_ACTION = "action";
-  static final String CLICK_EVENT_VALUE = "value";
-  static final String HOVER_EVENT = "hoverEvent";
-  static final String HOVER_EVENT_ACTION = "action";
-  static final String HOVER_EVENT_CONTENTS = "contents";
-  static final @Deprecated String HOVER_EVENT_VALUE = "value";
-
-  static TypeAdapter<Style> create(final @Nullable LegacyHoverEventSerializer legacyHover, final boolean emitLegacyHover, final Gson gson) {
+  static TypeAdapter<Style> create(final net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.@Nullable LegacyHoverEventSerializer legacyHover, final boolean emitLegacyHover, final Gson gson) {
     return new StyleSerializer(legacyHover, emitLegacyHover, gson).nullSafe();
   }
 
-  private final LegacyHoverEventSerializer legacyHover;
+  private final net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.LegacyHoverEventSerializer legacyHover;
   private final boolean emitLegacyHover;
   private final Gson gson;
 
-  private StyleSerializer(final @Nullable LegacyHoverEventSerializer legacyHover, final boolean emitLegacyHover, final Gson gson) {
+  private StyleSerializer(final net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.@Nullable LegacyHoverEventSerializer legacyHover, final boolean emitLegacyHover, final Gson gson) {
     this.legacyHover = legacyHover;
     this.emitLegacyHover = emitLegacyHover;
     this.gson = gson;
diff --git a/text-serializer-gson/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentSerializer$Provider b/text-serializer-gson/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentSerializer$Provider
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e018fe801
--- /dev/null
+++ b/text-serializer-gson/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.JSONComponentSerializer$Provider
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson.JSONComponentSerializerProviderImpl
diff --git a/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/ColorDownsamplingTest.java b/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/ColorDownsamplingTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5fe064c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/ColorDownsamplingTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of adventure, licensed under the MIT License.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2023 KyoriPowered
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ */
+package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson;
+
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.NamedTextColor;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.TextColor;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+final class ColorDownsamplingTest {
+  @Test
+  void testPre116Downsamples() {
+    final TextColor original = TextColor.color(0xAB2211);
+    final NamedTextColor downsampled = NamedTextColor.nearestTo(original);
+    final Component test = Component.text("meow", original);
+    assertEquals("{\"color\":\"" + NamedTextColor.NAMES.key(downsampled) + "\",\"text\":\"meow\"}", GsonComponentSerializer.colorDownsamplingGson().serializer().toJson(test));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testPre116DownsamplesInChildren() {
+    final TextColor original = TextColor.color(0xEC41AA);
+    final NamedTextColor downsampled = NamedTextColor.nearestTo(original);
+    final Component test = Component.text(builder -> builder.content("hey").append(Component.text("there", original)));
+    assertEquals("{\"extra\":[{\"color\":\"" + NamedTextColor.NAMES.key(downsampled) + "\",\"text\":\"there\"}],\"text\":\"hey\"}", GsonComponentSerializer.colorDownsamplingGson().serializer().toJson(test));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/GsonComponentSerializerTest.java b/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/GsonComponentSerializerTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index db6f1416c..000000000
--- a/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/GsonComponentSerializerTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,104 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This file is part of adventure, licensed under the MIT License.
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2017-2023 KyoriPowered
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
- * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
- * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
- * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
- * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
- * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
- * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
- * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
- * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
- * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
- * SOFTWARE.
- */
-package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson;
-
-import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
-import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
-import com.google.gson.JsonPrimitive;
-import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
-import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.NamedTextColor;
-import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.TextColor;
-import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-
-import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson.GsonTest.array;
-import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson.GsonTest.object;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
-
-class GsonComponentSerializerTest {
-  @Test
-  void testDeserializeNull() {
-    final JsonParseException jpe = assertThrows(JsonParseException.class, () -> GsonComponentSerializer.gson().deserialize("null"));
-    assertTrue(jpe.getMessage().contains("turn null into a Component"));
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  void testDeserializePrimitive() {
-    assertEquals(Component.text("potato"), GsonComponentSerializer.gson().serializer().fromJson(new JsonPrimitive("potato"), Component.class));
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  void testDeserializeArray_empty() {
-    assertThrows(JsonParseException.class, () -> GsonComponentSerializer.gson().serializer().fromJson(new JsonArray(), Component.class));
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  void testDeserializeArray() {
-    assertEquals(Component.text("Hello, ").append(Component.text("world.")), GsonComponentSerializer.gson().serializer().fromJson(array(array -> {
-      array.add(object(object -> object.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.TEXT, "Hello, ")));
-      array.add(object(object -> object.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.TEXT, "world.")));
-    }), Component.class));
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  void testPre116Downsamples() {
-    final TextColor original = TextColor.color(0xAB2211);
-    final NamedTextColor downsampled = NamedTextColor.nearestTo(original);
-    final Component test = Component.text("meow", original);
-    assertEquals("{\"color\":\"" + name(downsampled) + "\",\"text\":\"meow\"}", GsonComponentSerializer.colorDownsamplingGson().serializer().toJson(test));
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  void testPre116DownsamplesInChildren() {
-    final TextColor original = TextColor.color(0xEC41AA);
-    final NamedTextColor downsampled = NamedTextColor.nearestTo(original);
-    final Component test = Component.text(builder -> builder.content("hey").append(Component.text("there", original)));
-    assertEquals("{\"extra\":[{\"color\":\"" + name(downsampled) + "\",\"text\":\"there\"}],\"text\":\"hey\"}", GsonComponentSerializer.colorDownsamplingGson().serializer().toJson(test));
-  }
-
-  // https://github.com/KyoriPowered/adventure/issues/447
-  @Test
-  void testDeserializeJsonNull() {
-    final @Nullable Component result = GsonComponentSerializer.gson().deserializeOr("null", null);
-    assertEquals(null, result);
-    final JsonParseException ex = assertThrows(JsonParseException.class, () -> {
-      GsonComponentSerializer.gson().deserialize("null");
-    });
-    assertEquals("Don't know how to turn null into a Component", ex.getMessage());
-  }
-
-  // https://github.com/KyoriPowered/adventure/issues/414
-  @Test
-  void testSkipInvalidHoverEvent() {
-    final String input = "{\"text\": \"hello\", \"hoverEvent\":{\"action\":\"show_text\",\"value\":[]}}";
-    final Component expected = Component.text("hello");
-    assertEquals(expected, GsonComponentSerializer.gson().deserialize(input));
-  }
-
-  private static String name(final NamedTextColor color) {
-    return NamedTextColor.NAMES.key(color);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/GsonTest.java b/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/GsonTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 17541bd0e..000000000
--- a/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/GsonTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,67 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This file is part of adventure, licensed under the MIT License.
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2017-2023 KyoriPowered
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
- * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
- * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
- * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
- * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
- * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
- * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
- * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
- * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
- * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
- * SOFTWARE.
- */
-package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson;
-
-import com.google.gson.Gson;
-import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
-import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
-import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
-import java.util.function.Consumer;
-
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
-
-abstract class GsonTest<T> {
-  private final Gson gson;
-  private final Class<T> type;
-
-  GsonTest(final Gson gson, final Class<T> type) {
-    this.gson = gson;
-    this.type = type;
-  }
-
-  final void test(final T object, final JsonElement json) {
-    assertEquals(json, this.serialize(object));
-    assertEquals(object, this.deserialize(json));
-  }
-
-  final JsonElement serialize(final T object) {
-    return this.gson.toJsonTree(object);
-  }
-
-  final T deserialize(final JsonElement json) {
-    return this.gson.fromJson(json, this.type);
-  }
-
-  static JsonArray array(final Consumer<? super JsonArray> consumer) {
-    final JsonArray json = new JsonArray();
-    consumer.accept(json);
-    return json;
-  }
-
-  static JsonObject object(final Consumer<? super JsonObject> consumer) {
-    final JsonObject json = new JsonObject();
-    consumer.accept(json);
-    return json;
-  }
-}
diff --git a/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/ShowItemSerializerTest.java b/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/ShowItemSerializerTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a67fefc5..000000000
--- a/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/ShowItemSerializerTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,74 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This file is part of adventure, licensed under the MIT License.
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2017-2023 KyoriPowered
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
- * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
- * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
- * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
- * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
- * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
- * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
- * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
- * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
- * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
- * SOFTWARE.
- */
-package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson;
-
-import com.google.gson.JsonNull;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import net.kyori.adventure.key.Key;
-import net.kyori.adventure.nbt.CompoundBinaryTag;
-import net.kyori.adventure.nbt.StringBinaryTag;
-import net.kyori.adventure.nbt.TagStringIO;
-import net.kyori.adventure.nbt.api.BinaryTagHolder;
-import net.kyori.adventure.text.event.HoverEvent;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
-
-class ShowItemSerializerTest {
-  @Test
-  void testDeserializeWithPopulatedTag() throws IOException {
-    assertEquals(
-      HoverEvent.ShowItem.showItem(Key.key("minecraft", "diamond"), 1, BinaryTagHolder.binaryTagHolder(TagStringIO.get().asString(
-        CompoundBinaryTag.builder()
-          .put("display", CompoundBinaryTag.builder()
-            .put("Name", StringBinaryTag.stringBinaryTag("A test!"))
-            .build())
-          .build()
-      ))),
-      GsonComponentSerializer.gson().serializer().fromJson(
-        GsonTest.object(json -> {
-          json.addProperty(ShowItemSerializer.ID, "minecraft:diamond");
-          json.addProperty(ShowItemSerializer.COUNT, 1);
-          json.addProperty(ShowItemSerializer.TAG, "{display:{Name:\"A test!\"}}");
-        }),
-        HoverEvent.ShowItem.class
-      )
-    );
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  void testDeserializeWithNullTag() {
-    assertEquals(
-      HoverEvent.ShowItem.showItem(Key.key("minecraft", "diamond"), 1, null),
-      GsonComponentSerializer.gson().serializer().fromJson(
-        GsonTest.object(json -> {
-          json.addProperty(ShowItemSerializer.ID, "minecraft:diamond");
-          json.addProperty(ShowItemSerializer.COUNT, 1);
-          json.add(ShowItemSerializer.TAG, JsonNull.INSTANCE);
-        }),
-        HoverEvent.ShowItem.class
-      )
-    );
-  }
-}
diff --git a/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/StyleTest.java b/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/StyleTest.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 1cbb42374..000000000
--- a/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/StyleTest.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,215 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * This file is part of adventure, licensed under the MIT License.
- *
- * Copyright (c) 2017-2023 KyoriPowered
- *
- * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
- * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
- * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
- * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
- * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
- * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
- *
- * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
- * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
- *
- * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
- * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
- * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
- * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
- * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
- * SOFTWARE.
- */
-package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson;
-
-import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
-import com.google.gson.JsonNull;
-import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
-import java.util.UUID;
-import java.util.function.Function;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
-import java.util.stream.Stream;
-import net.kyori.adventure.key.Key;
-import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
-import net.kyori.adventure.text.event.ClickEvent;
-import net.kyori.adventure.text.event.HoverEvent;
-import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.NamedTextColor;
-import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.Style;
-import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.TextColor;
-import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.TextDecoration;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-
-import static com.google.common.truth.Truth.assertThat;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
-
-@SuppressWarnings("CodeBlock2Expr")
-class StyleTest extends GsonTest<Style> {
-  private static final Key FANCY_FONT = Key.key("kyori", "kittens");
-
-  StyleTest() {
-    super(GsonComponentSerializer.gson().serializer(), Style.class);
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  void testWithDecorationAsColor() {
-    final Style s0 = GsonComponentSerializer.gson().serializer().fromJson(object(object -> {
-      object.addProperty(StyleSerializer.COLOR, TextDecoration.NAMES.key(TextDecoration.BOLD));
-    }), Style.class);
-    assertNull(s0.color());
-    assertTrue(s0.hasDecoration(TextDecoration.BOLD));
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  void testWithResetAsColor() {
-    final Style s0 = GsonComponentSerializer.gson().serializer().fromJson(object(object -> {
-      object.addProperty(StyleSerializer.COLOR, "reset");
-    }), Style.class);
-    assertNull(s0.color());
-    assertThat(Style.empty().decorations()).containsExactlyEntriesIn(Stream.of(TextDecoration.values()).collect(Collectors.toMap(Function.identity(), decoration -> TextDecoration.State.NOT_SET)));
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  void testEmpty() {
-    this.test(Style.empty(), object(json -> {
-    }));
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  void testHexColor() {
-    this.test(Style.style(TextColor.color(0x0a1ab9)), object(json -> json.addProperty(StyleSerializer.COLOR, "#0A1AB9")));
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  void testNamedColor() {
-    this.test(Style.style(NamedTextColor.LIGHT_PURPLE), object(json -> json.addProperty(StyleSerializer.COLOR, name(NamedTextColor.LIGHT_PURPLE))));
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  void testDecoration() {
-    this.test(Style.style(TextDecoration.BOLD), object(json -> json.addProperty(name(TextDecoration.BOLD), true)));
-
-    Style s0 = GsonComponentSerializer.gson().serializer().fromJson(object(object -> {
-      object.addProperty(name(TextDecoration.BOLD), "true");
-    }), Style.class);
-    assertTrue(s0.hasDecoration(TextDecoration.BOLD));
-
-    s0 = GsonComponentSerializer.gson().serializer().fromJson(object(object -> {
-      object.addProperty(name(TextDecoration.BOLD), "false");
-    }), Style.class);
-    assertFalse(s0.hasDecoration(TextDecoration.BOLD));
-
-    s0 = GsonComponentSerializer.gson().serializer().fromJson(object(object -> {
-      object.addProperty(name(TextDecoration.BOLD), 1);
-    }), Style.class);
-    assertFalse(s0.hasDecoration(TextDecoration.BOLD));
-
-    assertThrows(JsonParseException.class, () -> {
-      GsonComponentSerializer.gson().serializer().fromJson(object(object -> {
-        object.add(name(TextDecoration.BOLD), JsonNull.INSTANCE);
-      }), Style.class);
-    });
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  void testInsertion() {
-    this.test(Style.style().insertion("honk").build(), object(json -> json.addProperty(StyleSerializer.INSERTION, "honk")));
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  void testMixedFontColorDecorationClickEvent() {
-    this.test(
-      Style.style()
-        .font(FANCY_FONT)
-        .color(NamedTextColor.RED)
-        .decoration(TextDecoration.BOLD, true)
-        .clickEvent(ClickEvent.openUrl("https://github.com"))
-        .build(),
-      object(json -> {
-        json.addProperty(StyleSerializer.FONT, "kyori:kittens");
-        json.addProperty(StyleSerializer.COLOR, name(NamedTextColor.RED));
-        json.addProperty(name(TextDecoration.BOLD), true);
-        json.add(StyleSerializer.CLICK_EVENT, object(clickEvent -> {
-          clickEvent.addProperty(StyleSerializer.CLICK_EVENT_ACTION, name(ClickEvent.Action.OPEN_URL));
-          clickEvent.addProperty(StyleSerializer.CLICK_EVENT_VALUE, "https://github.com");
-        }));
-      })
-    );
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  void testShowEntityHoverEvent() {
-    final UUID dolores = UUID.randomUUID();
-    this.test(
-      Style.style()
-        .hoverEvent(HoverEvent.showEntity(HoverEvent.ShowEntity.showEntity(
-          Key.key(Key.MINECRAFT_NAMESPACE, "pig"),
-          dolores,
-          Component.text("Dolores", TextColor.color(0x0a1ab9))
-        )))
-        .build(),
-      object(json -> {
-        json.add(StyleSerializer.HOVER_EVENT, object(hoverEvent -> {
-          hoverEvent.addProperty(StyleSerializer.HOVER_EVENT_ACTION, name(HoverEvent.Action.SHOW_ENTITY));
-          hoverEvent.add(StyleSerializer.HOVER_EVENT_CONTENTS, object(contents -> {
-            contents.addProperty(ShowEntitySerializer.TYPE, "minecraft:pig");
-            contents.addProperty(ShowEntitySerializer.ID, dolores.toString());
-            contents.add(ShowEntitySerializer.NAME, object(name -> {
-              name.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.TEXT, "Dolores");
-              name.addProperty(StyleSerializer.COLOR, "#0A1AB9");
-            }));
-          }));
-        }));
-      })
-    );
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  void testShowItemHoverEvent() {
-    this.test(showItemStyle(1), showItemJson(1));
-    this.test(showItemStyle(2), showItemJson(2));
-  }
-
-  private static Style showItemStyle(final int count) {
-    return Style.style()
-      .hoverEvent(HoverEvent.showItem(HoverEvent.ShowItem.showItem(
-        Key.key(Key.MINECRAFT_NAMESPACE, "stone"),
-        count,
-        null // TODO: test for NBT?
-      )))
-      .build();
-  }
-
-  private static JsonElement showItemJson(final int count) {
-    return object(json -> {
-      json.add(StyleSerializer.HOVER_EVENT, object(hoverEvent -> {
-        hoverEvent.addProperty(StyleSerializer.HOVER_EVENT_ACTION, name(HoverEvent.Action.SHOW_ITEM));
-        hoverEvent.add(StyleSerializer.HOVER_EVENT_CONTENTS, object(contents -> {
-          contents.addProperty(ShowItemSerializer.ID, "minecraft:stone");
-          if (count != 1) { // default count is 1, we don't serialize the value in this case
-            contents.addProperty(ShowItemSerializer.COUNT, count);
-          }
-        }));
-      }));
-    });
-  }
-
-  static String name(final NamedTextColor color) {
-    return NamedTextColor.NAMES.key(color);
-  }
-
-  static String name(final TextDecoration decoration) {
-    return TextDecoration.NAMES.key(decoration);
-  }
-
-  static String name(final ClickEvent.Action action) {
-    return ClickEvent.Action.NAMES.key(action);
-  }
-
-  static <V> String name(final HoverEvent.Action<V> action) {
-    return HoverEvent.Action.NAMES.key(action);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/text-serializer-json-legacy-impl/build.gradle.kts b/text-serializer-json-legacy-impl/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1898b9f8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/text-serializer-json-legacy-impl/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+plugins {
+  id("adventure.common-conventions")
+}
+
+dependencies {
+  api(projects.adventureApi)
+  api(projects.adventureTextSerializerJson)
+  api(projects.adventureNbt)
+}
+
+applyJarMetadata("net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.legacyimpl")
diff --git a/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/Issue788Test.java b/text-serializer-json-legacy-impl/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/legacyimpl/NBTLegacyHoverEventSerializer.java
similarity index 64%
rename from text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/Issue788Test.java
rename to text-serializer-json-legacy-impl/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/legacyimpl/NBTLegacyHoverEventSerializer.java
index 568d2d5b0..f6dde4890 100644
--- a/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/Issue788Test.java
+++ b/text-serializer-json-legacy-impl/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/legacyimpl/NBTLegacyHoverEventSerializer.java
@@ -21,20 +21,25 @@
  * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
  * SOFTWARE.
  */
-package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson;
+package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.legacyimpl;
 
-import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.event.HoverEvent;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.LegacyHoverEventSerializer;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
-
-// https://github.com/KyoriPowered/adventure/issues/788
-class Issue788Test {
-  @Test
-  void test() {
-    final String expected = "{\"extra\":[{\"color\":\"#FF00FF\",\"text\":\"PREPEND>\"},{\"text\":\"/sign test\"},{\"color\":\"#FF00FF\",\"text\":\"<APPEND\"}],\"text\":\"\"}";
-    final Component component = GsonComponentSerializer.gson().deserialize(expected);
-    final String actual = GsonComponentSerializer.gson().serialize(component);
-    assertEquals(expected, actual);
+/**
+ * A legacy {@link HoverEvent} serializer.
+ *
+ * @since 4.14.0
+ */
+public interface NBTLegacyHoverEventSerializer extends LegacyHoverEventSerializer {
+  /**
+   * Gets the legacy {@link HoverEvent} serializer.
+   *
+   * @return a legacy {@link HoverEvent} serializer
+   * @since 4.14.0
+   */
+  static @NotNull LegacyHoverEventSerializer get() {
+    return NBTLegacyHoverEventSerializerImpl.INSTANCE;
   }
 }
diff --git a/text-serializer-json-legacy-impl/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/legacyimpl/NBTLegacyHoverEventSerializerImpl.java b/text-serializer-json-legacy-impl/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/legacyimpl/NBTLegacyHoverEventSerializerImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d615bf37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/text-serializer-json-legacy-impl/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/legacyimpl/NBTLegacyHoverEventSerializerImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of adventure, licensed under the MIT License.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2023 KyoriPowered
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ */
+package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.legacyimpl;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import net.kyori.adventure.key.Key;
+import net.kyori.adventure.nbt.CompoundBinaryTag;
+import net.kyori.adventure.nbt.TagStringIO;
+import net.kyori.adventure.nbt.api.BinaryTagHolder;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.TextComponent;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.event.HoverEvent;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.LegacyHoverEventSerializer;
+import net.kyori.adventure.util.Codec;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+final class NBTLegacyHoverEventSerializerImpl implements LegacyHoverEventSerializer {
+  static final NBTLegacyHoverEventSerializerImpl INSTANCE = new NBTLegacyHoverEventSerializerImpl();
+  private static final TagStringIO SNBT_IO = TagStringIO.get();
+  private static final Codec<CompoundBinaryTag, String, IOException, IOException> SNBT_CODEC = Codec.codec(SNBT_IO::asCompound, SNBT_IO::asString);
+
+  static final String ITEM_TYPE = "id";
+  static final String ITEM_COUNT = "Count";
+  static final String ITEM_TAG = "tag";
+
+  static final String ENTITY_NAME = "name";
+  static final String ENTITY_TYPE = "type";
+  static final String ENTITY_ID = "id";
+
+  private NBTLegacyHoverEventSerializerImpl() {
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public HoverEvent.@NotNull ShowItem deserializeShowItem(final @NotNull Component input) throws IOException {
+    assertTextComponent(input);
+    final CompoundBinaryTag contents = SNBT_CODEC.decode(((TextComponent) input).content());
+    final CompoundBinaryTag tag = contents.getCompound(ITEM_TAG);
+    return HoverEvent.ShowItem.showItem(
+      Key.key(contents.getString(ITEM_TYPE)),
+      contents.getByte(ITEM_COUNT, (byte) 1),
+      tag == CompoundBinaryTag.empty() ? null : BinaryTagHolder.encode(tag, SNBT_CODEC)
+    );
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public HoverEvent.@NotNull ShowEntity deserializeShowEntity(final @NotNull Component input, final Codec.Decoder<Component, String, ? extends RuntimeException> componentCodec) throws IOException {
+    assertTextComponent(input);
+    final CompoundBinaryTag contents = SNBT_CODEC.decode(((TextComponent) input).content());
+    return HoverEvent.ShowEntity.showEntity(
+      Key.key(contents.getString(ENTITY_TYPE)),
+      UUID.fromString(contents.getString(ENTITY_ID)),
+      componentCodec.decode(contents.getString(ENTITY_NAME))
+    );
+  }
+
+  private static void assertTextComponent(final Component component) {
+    if (!(component instanceof TextComponent) || !component.children().isEmpty()) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Legacy events must be single Component instances");
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public @NotNull Component serializeShowItem(final HoverEvent.@NotNull ShowItem input) throws IOException {
+    final CompoundBinaryTag.Builder builder = CompoundBinaryTag.builder()
+      .putString(ITEM_TYPE, input.item().asString())
+      .putByte(ITEM_COUNT, (byte) input.count());
+    final @Nullable BinaryTagHolder nbt = input.nbt();
+    if (nbt != null) {
+      builder.put(ITEM_TAG, nbt.get(SNBT_CODEC));
+    }
+    return Component.text(SNBT_CODEC.encode(builder.build()));
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public @NotNull Component serializeShowEntity(final HoverEvent.@NotNull ShowEntity input, final Codec.Encoder<Component, String, ? extends RuntimeException> componentCodec) throws IOException {
+    final CompoundBinaryTag.Builder builder = CompoundBinaryTag.builder()
+      .putString(ENTITY_ID, input.id().toString())
+      .putString(ENTITY_TYPE, input.type().asString());
+    final @Nullable Component name = input.name();
+    if (name != null) {
+      builder.putString(ENTITY_NAME, componentCodec.encode(name));
+    }
+    return Component.text(SNBT_CODEC.encode(builder.build()));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/ComponentTest.java b/text-serializer-json-legacy-impl/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/legacyimpl/package-info.java
similarity index 75%
rename from text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/ComponentTest.java
rename to text-serializer-json-legacy-impl/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/legacyimpl/package-info.java
index d6dc946f8..729d2291e 100644
--- a/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/ComponentTest.java
+++ b/text-serializer-json-legacy-impl/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/legacyimpl/package-info.java
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * This file is part of adventure, licensed under the MIT License.
  *
- * Copyright (c) 2017-2023 KyoriPowered
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2022 KyoriPowered
  *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
  * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
@@ -21,17 +21,9 @@
  * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
  * SOFTWARE.
  */
-package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson;
-
-import com.google.gson.Gson;
-import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
-
-abstract class ComponentTest extends GsonTest<Component> {
-  ComponentTest() {
-    this(GsonComponentSerializer.gson().serializer());
-  }
-
-  ComponentTest(final Gson gson) {
-    super(gson, Component.class);
-  }
-}
+/**
+ * JSON legacy hover event serialization and deserialization.
+ *
+ * <p>This is a replacement for the old {@code adventure-text-serializer-gson-legacyimpl} module.</p>
+ */
+package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json.legacyimpl;
diff --git a/text-serializer-json/build.gradle.kts b/text-serializer-json/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6290339d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/text-serializer-json/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+plugins {
+  id("adventure.common-conventions")
+  `java-test-fixtures`
+  alias(libs.plugins.jmh) apply false
+}
+
+val jmh by sourceSets.registering {
+  compileClasspath += sourceSets.main.get().compileClasspath
+  runtimeClasspath += sourceSets.main.get().runtimeClasspath
+}
+
+val jmhJar by tasks.registering(Jar::class) {
+  archiveClassifier.set("jmh")
+  from(jmh.map { it.output })
+}
+
+configurations.register("jmh") {
+  attributes {
+    attribute(Category.CATEGORY_ATTRIBUTE, objects.named(Category.LIBRARY))
+    attribute(Usage.USAGE_ATTRIBUTE, objects.named(Usage.JAVA_RUNTIME))
+    attribute(Bundling.BUNDLING_ATTRIBUTE, objects.named(Bundling.EXTERNAL))
+    attribute(LibraryElements.LIBRARY_ELEMENTS_ATTRIBUTE, objects.named(LibraryElements.JAR))
+  }
+
+  outgoing {
+    capabilities.clear()
+    capability("${project.group}:${project.name}-benchmarks:${project.version}")
+
+    artifact(jmhJar.flatMap { it.archiveFile })
+    variants.create("classes") {
+      attributes {
+        attribute(LibraryElements.LIBRARY_ELEMENTS_ATTRIBUTE, objects.named(LibraryElements.CLASSES))
+      }
+      artifact(jmh.map { it.output.classesDirs.singleFile }) {
+        type = "directory"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+dependencies {
+  api(projects.adventureApi)
+  annotationProcessor(projects.adventureAnnotationProcessors)
+
+  testFixturesApi(libs.junit.api)
+  testFixturesApi(platform(libs.junit.bom))
+  testFixturesImplementation(projects.adventureNbt)
+  testFixturesImplementation(libs.gson)
+
+  "jmhImplementation"(sourceSets.main.map { it.output })
+  "jmhImplementation"("${me.champeau.jmh.JMHPlugin.getJMH_CORE_DEPENDENCY()}${libs.versions.jmh.get()}")
+  "jmhImplementation"("${me.champeau.jmh.JMHPlugin.getJMH_GENERATOR_DEPENDENCY()}${libs.versions.jmh.get()}")
+}
+
+applyJarMetadata("net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json")
+
+// Don't publish test fixtures for external consumers
+(components["java"] as AdhocComponentWithVariants).run {
+  withVariantsFromConfiguration(configurations.testFixturesApiElements.get()) { skip() }
+  withVariantsFromConfiguration(configurations.testFixturesRuntimeElements.get()) { skip() }
+}
diff --git a/text-serializer-gson/src/jmh/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/ComponentDeserializationBenchmark.java b/text-serializer-json/src/jmh/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/ComponentDeserializationBenchmark.java
similarity index 88%
rename from text-serializer-gson/src/jmh/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/ComponentDeserializationBenchmark.java
rename to text-serializer-json/src/jmh/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/ComponentDeserializationBenchmark.java
index 5aecfee95..b03388404 100644
--- a/text-serializer-gson/src/jmh/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/ComponentDeserializationBenchmark.java
+++ b/text-serializer-json/src/jmh/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/ComponentDeserializationBenchmark.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
  * SOFTWARE.
  */
-package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson;
+package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json;
 
 import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 import static net.kyori.adventure.text.event.HoverEvent.showText;
 import static net.kyori.adventure.text.format.Style.style;
 import static net.kyori.adventure.text.format.TextColor.color;
-import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson.GsonComponentSerializer.gson;
 
 @State(Scope.Benchmark)
 @BenchmarkMode(Mode.SampleTime)
@@ -58,15 +57,15 @@ public class ComponentDeserializationBenchmark {
 
   @Setup(Level.Trial)
   public void prepare() {
-    this.simpleComponent = gson().serialize(text("Hello, World!", style(TextDecoration.UNDERLINED)));
-    this.componentTreeWithStyle = gson().serialize(text()
+    this.simpleComponent = JSONComponentSerializer.json().serialize(text("Hello, World!", style(TextDecoration.UNDERLINED)));
+    this.componentTreeWithStyle = JSONComponentSerializer.json().serialize(text()
                                                      .decorate(TextDecoration.UNDERLINED, TextDecoration.ITALIC)
                                                      .append(text("Component ", color(0x8cfbde)))
                                                      .append(text("with ", color(0x0fff95), TextDecoration.BOLD))
                                                      .append(text("hex ", color(0x06ba63)))
                                                      .append(text("colors", color(0x103900)))
                                                      .build());
-    this.componentTreeWithEvents = gson().serialize(text()
+    this.componentTreeWithEvents = JSONComponentSerializer.json().serialize(text()
                                                       .decorate(TextDecoration.UNDERLINED, TextDecoration.ITALIC)
                                                       .append(text("Component ", style(color(0x8cfbde), openUrl("https://kyori.net/"))))
                                                       .append(text("with ", style(color(0x0fff95), TextDecoration.BOLD, showItem(Key.key("iron_sword"), 1, BinaryTagHolder.binaryTagHolder("{Damage: 30, RepairCost: 4, Enchantments: [{id: 'minecraft:sharpness', lvl: 3s}, {id: 'minecraft:unbreaking', lvl: 1s}]}")))))
@@ -77,16 +76,16 @@ public void prepare() {
 
   @Benchmark
   public Component simpleComponent() {
-    return gson().deserialize(this.simpleComponent);
+    return JSONComponentSerializer.json().deserialize(this.simpleComponent);
   }
 
   @Benchmark
   public Component componentTreeWithStyle() {
-    return gson().deserialize(this.componentTreeWithStyle);
+    return JSONComponentSerializer.json().deserialize(this.componentTreeWithStyle);
   }
 
   @Benchmark
   public Component componentTreeWithEvents() {
-    return gson().deserialize(this.componentTreeWithEvents);
+    return JSONComponentSerializer.json().deserialize(this.componentTreeWithEvents);
   }
 }
diff --git a/text-serializer-gson/src/jmh/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/ComponentSerializationBenchmark.java b/text-serializer-json/src/jmh/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/ComponentSerializationBenchmark.java
similarity index 92%
rename from text-serializer-gson/src/jmh/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/ComponentSerializationBenchmark.java
rename to text-serializer-json/src/jmh/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/ComponentSerializationBenchmark.java
index b4f52a870..f4c899fb1 100644
--- a/text-serializer-gson/src/jmh/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/ComponentSerializationBenchmark.java
+++ b/text-serializer-json/src/jmh/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/ComponentSerializationBenchmark.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
  * SOFTWARE.
  */
-package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson;
+package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json;
 
 import java.util.UUID;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@
 import static net.kyori.adventure.text.event.HoverEvent.showText;
 import static net.kyori.adventure.text.format.Style.style;
 import static net.kyori.adventure.text.format.TextColor.color;
-import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson.GsonComponentSerializer.gson;
 
 @State(Scope.Benchmark)
 @BenchmarkMode(Mode.SampleTime)
@@ -77,16 +76,16 @@ public void prepare() {
 
   @Benchmark
   public String simpleComponent() {
-    return gson().serialize(this.simpleComponent);
+    return JSONComponentSerializer.json().serialize(this.simpleComponent);
   }
 
   @Benchmark
   public String componentTreeWithStyle() {
-    return gson().serialize(this.componentTreeWithStyle);
+    return JSONComponentSerializer.json().serialize(this.componentTreeWithStyle);
   }
 
   @Benchmark
   public String componentTreeWithEvents() {
-    return gson().serialize(this.componentTreeWithEvents);
+    return JSONComponentSerializer.json().serialize(this.componentTreeWithEvents);
   }
 }
diff --git a/text-serializer-json/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/JSONComponentConstants.java b/text-serializer-json/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/JSONComponentConstants.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29ea4a6d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/text-serializer-json/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/JSONComponentConstants.java
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of adventure, licensed under the MIT License.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2023 KyoriPowered
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ */
+package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json;
+
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus;
+
+/**
+ * Constants to aid in the creation and testing of JSON component serializers.
+ *
+ * @since 4.14.0
+ */
+@ApiStatus.Internal
+public final class JSONComponentConstants {
+
+  private JSONComponentConstants() {
+    throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot instantiate");
+  }
+
+  public static final String TEXT = "text";
+  public static final String TRANSLATE = "translate";
+  public static final String TRANSLATE_FALLBACK = "fallback";
+  public static final String TRANSLATE_WITH = "with";
+  public static final String SCORE = "score";
+  public static final String SCORE_NAME = "name";
+  public static final String SCORE_OBJECTIVE = "objective";
+  public static final @Deprecated String SCORE_VALUE = "value";
+  public static final String SELECTOR = "selector";
+  public static final String KEYBIND = "keybind";
+  public static final String EXTRA = "extra";
+  public static final String NBT = "nbt";
+  public static final String NBT_INTERPRET = "interpret";
+  public static final String NBT_BLOCK = "block";
+  public static final String NBT_ENTITY = "entity";
+  public static final String NBT_STORAGE = "storage";
+  public static final String SEPARATOR = "separator";
+  public static final String FONT = "font";
+  public static final String COLOR = "color";
+  public static final String INSERTION = "insertion";
+  public static final String CLICK_EVENT = "clickEvent";
+  public static final String CLICK_EVENT_ACTION = "action";
+  public static final String CLICK_EVENT_VALUE = "value";
+  public static final String HOVER_EVENT = "hoverEvent";
+  public static final String HOVER_EVENT_ACTION = "action";
+  public static final String HOVER_EVENT_CONTENTS = "contents";
+  public static final @Deprecated String HOVER_EVENT_VALUE = "value";
+  public static final String SHOW_ENTITY_TYPE = "type";
+  public static final String SHOW_ENTITY_ID = "id";
+  public static final String SHOW_ENTITY_NAME = "name";
+  public static final String SHOW_ITEM_ID = "id";
+  public static final String SHOW_ITEM_COUNT = "count";
+  public static final String SHOW_ITEM_TAG = "tag";
+}
diff --git a/text-serializer-json/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/JSONComponentSerializer.java b/text-serializer-json/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/JSONComponentSerializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..88bfe399c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/text-serializer-json/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/JSONComponentSerializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of adventure, licensed under the MIT License.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2023 KyoriPowered
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ */
+package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json;
+
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.ComponentSerializer;
+import net.kyori.adventure.util.PlatformAPI;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.ApiStatus;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+/**
+ * A JSON component serializer.
+ *
+ * <p>This serializer exposes a common superset of functionality across any number of JSON library implementations.
+ * For more specialized operations, users may need to refer to specific implementations.</p>
+ *
+ * @since 4.14.0
+ */
+public interface JSONComponentSerializer extends ComponentSerializer<Component, Component, String> {
+  /**
+   * Gets a component serializer for JSON serialization and deserialization.
+   *
+   * @return a JSON component serializer
+   * @since 4.14.0
+   */
+  static @NotNull JSONComponentSerializer json() {
+    return JSONComponentSerializerImpl.Instances.INSTANCE;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get a builder to create a customized JSON serializer instance.
+   *
+   * @return the new builder
+   * @since 4.14.0
+   */
+  static JSONComponentSerializer.@NotNull Builder builder() {
+    return JSONComponentSerializerImpl.Instances.BUILDER_SUPPLIER.get();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * A builder for {@link JSONComponentSerializer} instances that delegates to the active serializer.
+   *
+   * @since 4.14.0
+   */
+  interface Builder {
+    /**
+     * Sets that the serializer should downsample hex colors to named colors.
+     *
+     * @return this builder
+     * @since 4.14.0
+     */
+    @NotNull Builder downsampleColors();
+
+    /**
+     * Sets a serializer that will be used to interpret legacy hover event {@code value} payloads.
+     * If the serializer is {@code null}, then only {@link net.kyori.adventure.text.event.HoverEvent.Action#SHOW_TEXT}
+     * legacy hover events can be deserialized.
+     *
+     * @param serializer serializer
+     * @return this builder
+     * @since 4.14.0
+     */
+    @NotNull Builder legacyHoverEventSerializer(final @Nullable LegacyHoverEventSerializer serializer);
+
+    /**
+     * Output a legacy hover event {@code value} in addition to the modern {@code contents}.
+     *
+     * <p>A {@link #legacyHoverEventSerializer(LegacyHoverEventSerializer) legacy hover serializer} must also be set
+     * to serialize any hover events beyond those with action {@link net.kyori.adventure.text.event.HoverEvent.Action#SHOW_TEXT}</p>
+     *
+     * @return this builder
+     * @since 4.14.0
+     */
+    @NotNull Builder emitLegacyHoverEvent();
+
+    /**
+     * Create a finished serializer instance.
+     *
+     * @return the new serializer
+     * @since 4.14.0
+     */
+    JSONComponentSerializer build();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * A {@link JSONComponentSerializer} service provider.
+   *
+   * @since 4.14.0
+   */
+  @ApiStatus.Internal
+  @PlatformAPI
+  interface Provider {
+    /**
+     * Provides a standard {@link JSONComponentSerializer}.
+     *
+     * @return a {@link JSONComponentSerializer}
+     * @since 4.14.0
+     */
+    @ApiStatus.Internal
+    @PlatformAPI
+    @NotNull JSONComponentSerializer json();
+
+    /**
+     * Provide a supplier for builder builders of {@link JSONComponentSerializer} instances.
+     *
+     * @return a {@link JSONComponentSerializer}
+     * @since 4.14.0
+     */
+    @ApiStatus.Internal
+    @PlatformAPI
+    @NotNull Supplier<@NotNull Builder> builder();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/text-serializer-json/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/JSONComponentSerializerImpl.java b/text-serializer-json/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/JSONComponentSerializerImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4aa5bcd09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/text-serializer-json/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/JSONComponentSerializerImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of adventure, licensed under the MIT License.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2023 KyoriPowered
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ */
+package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
+import java.util.function.Supplier;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
+import net.kyori.adventure.util.Services;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+final class JSONComponentSerializerImpl implements JSONComponentSerializer {
+  private static final JSONComponentSerializer MISSING_INSTANCE = new JSONComponentSerializerImpl();
+  private static final Optional<Provider> SERVICE = Services.serviceWithFallback(Provider.class);
+  private static final String UNSUPPORTED_MESSAGE =
+    "No JsonComponentSerializer implementation found\n" +
+      "\n" +
+      "Are you missing an implementation artifact like adventure-text-serializer-gson?\n" +
+      "Is your environment configured in a way that causes ServiceLoader to malfunction?";
+
+  @Override
+  public @NotNull Component deserialize(final @NotNull String input) {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException(UNSUPPORTED_MESSAGE);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public @NotNull String serialize(final @NotNull Component component) {
+    throw new UnsupportedOperationException(UNSUPPORTED_MESSAGE);
+  }
+
+  // We cannot store these fields in JsonComponentSerializerImpl directly due to class initialisation issues.
+  static final class Instances {
+    static final JSONComponentSerializer INSTANCE = SERVICE
+      .map(Provider::json)
+      .orElse(MISSING_INSTANCE);
+
+    static final Supplier<Builder> BUILDER_SUPPLIER = SERVICE
+      .map(Provider::builder)
+      .orElse(BuilderImpl::new);
+  }
+
+  // A no-op builder that just returns the unsupported instance.
+  static final class BuilderImpl implements Builder {
+
+    @Override
+    public @NotNull Builder downsampleColors() {
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public @NotNull Builder legacyHoverEventSerializer(final @Nullable LegacyHoverEventSerializer serializer) {
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public @NotNull Builder emitLegacyHoverEvent() {
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public JSONComponentSerializer build() {
+      return MISSING_INSTANCE;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/text-serializer-json/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/LegacyHoverEventSerializer.java b/text-serializer-json/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/LegacyHoverEventSerializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..62a242863
--- /dev/null
+++ b/text-serializer-json/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/LegacyHoverEventSerializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of adventure, licensed under the MIT License.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2023 KyoriPowered
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ */
+package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.event.HoverEvent;
+import net.kyori.adventure.util.Codec;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
+
+/**
+ * Adapter to convert between modern and legacy hover event formats.
+ *
+ * @since 4.0.0
+ */
+public interface LegacyHoverEventSerializer {
+  /**
+   * Convert a legacy hover event {@code show_item} value to its modern format.
+   *
+   * @param input component whose plain-text value is a SNBT string
+   * @return the deserialized event
+   * @throws IOException if the input is improperly formatted
+   * @since 4.0.0
+   */
+  HoverEvent.@NotNull ShowItem deserializeShowItem(@NotNull Component input) throws IOException;
+
+  /**
+   * Convert a legacy hover event {@code show_entity} value to its modern format.
+   *
+   * @param input            component whose plain-text value is a SNBT string
+   * @param componentDecoder A decoder that can take a JSON string and return a deserialized component
+   * @return the deserialized event
+   * @throws IOException if the input is improperly formatted
+   * @since 4.0.0
+   */
+  HoverEvent.@NotNull ShowEntity deserializeShowEntity(@NotNull Component input, Codec.Decoder<Component, String, ? extends RuntimeException> componentDecoder) throws IOException;
+
+  /**
+   * Convert a modern hover event {@code show_item} value to its legacy format.
+   *
+   * @param input modern hover event
+   * @return component with the legacy value as a SNBT string
+   * @throws IOException if the input is improperly formatted
+   * @since 4.0.0
+   */
+  @NotNull Component serializeShowItem(HoverEvent.@NotNull ShowItem input) throws IOException;
+
+  /**
+   * Convert a modern hover event {@code show_entity} value to its legacy format.
+   *
+   * @param input            modern hover event
+   * @param componentEncoder An encoder that can take a {@link Component} and return a JSON string
+   * @return component with the legacy value as a SNBT string
+   * @throws IOException if the input is improperly formatted
+   * @since 4.0.0
+   */
+  @NotNull Component serializeShowEntity(HoverEvent.@NotNull ShowEntity input, Codec.Encoder<Component, String, ? extends RuntimeException> componentEncoder) throws IOException;
+}
diff --git a/text-serializer-json/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/package-info.java b/text-serializer-json/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/package-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..651ec8e6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/text-serializer-json/src/main/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/**
+ * A common abstraction providing an API to serializer components with multiple JSON libraries.
+ */
+package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json;
diff --git a/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/BlockNBTComponentTest.java b/text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/BlockNBTComponentTest.java
similarity index 64%
rename from text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/BlockNBTComponentTest.java
rename to text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/BlockNBTComponentTest.java
index 9ad0e9c18..e5ac07421 100644
--- a/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/BlockNBTComponentTest.java
+++ b/text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/BlockNBTComponentTest.java
@@ -21,62 +21,62 @@
  * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
  * SOFTWARE.
  */
-package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson;
+package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json;
 
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.BlockNBTComponent;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
-class BlockNBTComponentTest extends ComponentTest {
+final class BlockNBTComponentTest extends SerializerTest {
   @Test
   void testLocal() {
-    this.test(
+    this.testObject(
       Component.blockNBT().nbtPath("abc").localPos(1.23d, 2.0d, 3.89d).build(),
-      object(json -> {
-        json.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.NBT, "abc");
-        json.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.NBT_INTERPRET, false);
-        json.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.NBT_BLOCK, "^1.23 ^2.0 ^3.89");
-      })
+      json -> {
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.NBT, "abc");
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.NBT_INTERPRET, false);
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.NBT_BLOCK, "^1.23 ^2.0 ^3.89");
+      }
     );
   }
 
   @Test
   void testAbsoluteWorld() {
-    this.test(
+    this.testObject(
       Component.blockNBT().nbtPath("xyz").absoluteWorldPos(4, 5, 6).interpret(true).build(),
-      object(json -> {
-        json.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.NBT, "xyz");
-        json.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.NBT_INTERPRET, true);
-        json.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.NBT_BLOCK, "4 5 6");
-      })
+      json -> {
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.NBT, "xyz");
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.NBT_INTERPRET, true);
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.NBT_BLOCK, "4 5 6");
+      }
     );
   }
 
   @Test
   void testRelativeWorld() {
-    this.test(
+    this.testObject(
       Component.blockNBT().nbtPath("eeee").relativeWorldPos(7, 83, 900).build(),
-      object(json -> {
-        json.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.NBT, "eeee");
-        json.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.NBT_INTERPRET, false);
-        json.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.NBT_BLOCK, "~7 ~83 ~900");
-      })
+      json -> {
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.NBT, "eeee");
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.NBT_INTERPRET, false);
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.NBT_BLOCK, "~7 ~83 ~900");
+      }
     );
   }
 
   @Test
   void testMixedAbsoluteAndRelative() {
-    this.test(
+    this.testObject(
       Component.blockNBT().nbtPath("qwert").worldPos(
         BlockNBTComponent.WorldPos.Coordinate.absolute(12),
         BlockNBTComponent.WorldPos.Coordinate.relative(3),
         BlockNBTComponent.WorldPos.Coordinate.absolute(1200)
       ).build(),
-      object(json -> {
-        json.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.NBT, "qwert");
-        json.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.NBT_INTERPRET, false);
-        json.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.NBT_BLOCK, "12 ~3 1200");
-      })
+      json -> {
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.NBT, "qwert");
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.NBT_INTERPRET, false);
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.NBT_BLOCK, "12 ~3 1200");
+      }
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/EntityNBTComponentTest.java b/text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/EntityNBTComponentTest.java
similarity index 71%
rename from text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/EntityNBTComponentTest.java
rename to text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/EntityNBTComponentTest.java
index 9aa0428a4..a4a28279e 100644
--- a/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/EntityNBTComponentTest.java
+++ b/text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/EntityNBTComponentTest.java
@@ -21,33 +21,33 @@
  * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
  * SOFTWARE.
  */
-package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson;
+package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json;
 
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
-class EntityNBTComponentTest extends ComponentTest {
+final class EntityNBTComponentTest extends SerializerTest {
   @Test
   void testWithoutInterpret() {
-    this.test(
+    this.testObject(
       Component.entityNBT().nbtPath("abc").selector("test").build(),
-      object(json -> {
-        json.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.NBT, "abc");
-        json.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.NBT_INTERPRET, false);
-        json.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.NBT_ENTITY, "test");
-      })
+      json -> {
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.NBT, "abc");
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.NBT_INTERPRET, false);
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.NBT_ENTITY, "test");
+      }
     );
   }
 
   @Test
   void testWithInterpret() {
-    this.test(
+    this.testObject(
       Component.entityNBT().nbtPath("abc").selector("test").interpret(true).build(),
-      object(json -> {
-        json.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.NBT, "abc");
-        json.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.NBT_INTERPRET, true);
-        json.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.NBT_ENTITY, "test");
-      })
+      json -> {
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.NBT, "abc");
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.NBT_INTERPRET, true);
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.NBT_ENTITY, "test");
+      }
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/Issue788Test.java b/text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/Issue788Test.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bc48ccc18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/Issue788Test.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of adventure, licensed under the MIT License.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2023 KyoriPowered
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ */
+package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json;
+
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.TextColor;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+// https://github.com/KyoriPowered/adventure/issues/788
+final class Issue788Test extends SerializerTest {
+  @Test
+  void test() {
+    this.testObject(
+      Component.text()
+        .append(Component.text("PREPEND>", TextColor.color(0xFF00FF)))
+        .append(Component.text("/sign test"))
+        .append(Component.text("<APPEND", TextColor.color(0xFF00FF)))
+        .build(),
+      json -> {
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.TEXT, "");
+        json.add(JSONComponentConstants.EXTRA, array(extra -> {
+          extra.add(object(object -> {
+            object.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.COLOR, "#FF00FF");
+            object.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.TEXT, "PREPEND>");
+          }));
+          extra.add(object(object -> object.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.TEXT, "/sign test")));
+          extra.add(object(object -> {
+            object.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.COLOR, "#FF00FF");
+            object.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.TEXT, "<APPEND");
+          }));
+        }));
+      }
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/Issue792Test.java b/text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/Issue792Test.java
similarity index 95%
rename from text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/Issue792Test.java
rename to text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/Issue792Test.java
index 1cfb51856..9d357144c 100644
--- a/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/Issue792Test.java
+++ b/text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/Issue792Test.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
  * SOFTWARE.
  */
-package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson;
+package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json;
 
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
 
 // https://github.com/KyoriPowered/adventure/issues/792
-class Issue792Test {
+final class Issue792Test {
   @Test
   void test() {
     final String input = "[\"\",{\"text\":\"\",\"extra\":[{\"text\":\"\",\"color\":\"white\"},{\"text\":\"{marriagemaster_heart}\",\"color\":\"white\",\"clickEvent\":{\"action\":\"\",\"value\":\"\"},\"hoverEvent\":{\"action\":\"show_text\",\"value\":{\"text\":\"\",\"extra\":[{\"text\":\"\"}]}}},{\"text\":\" \",\"color\":\"white\"},{\"text\":\"{vault_prefix}\",\"color\":\"white\",\"clickEvent\":{\"action\":\"\",\"value\":\"\"},\"hoverEvent\":{\"action\":\"show_text\",\"value\":{\"text\":\"\",\"extra\":[{\"text\":\"\"}]}}},{\"text\":\"\",\"color\":\"white\"},{\"text\":\"{player_displayname}\",\"color\":\"white\",\"clickEvent\":{\"action\":\"\",\"value\":\"\"},\"hoverEvent\":{\"action\":\"show_text\",\"value\":{\"text\":\"\",\"extra\":[{\"text\":\"\"}]}}},{\"text\":\"\",\"color\":\"white\"},{\"text\":\"{vault_suffix}\",\"color\":\"white\",\"clickEvent\":{\"action\":\"\",\"value\":\"\"},\"hoverEvent\":{\"action\":\"show_text\",\"value\":{\"text\":\"\",\"extra\":[{\"text\":\"\"}]}}},{\"text\":\" \",\"color\":\"white\"},{\"text\":\"»\",\"color\":\"gray\"}]},{\"text\":\"\",\"color\":\"white\"},{\"text\":\" f\",\"color\":\"white\"},{\"text\":\" [✓]\",\"color\":\"red\",\"clickEvent\":{\"action\":\"run_command\",\"value\":\"/vchatgui .DoctorMad9952 Global 421783436\"},\"hoverEvent\":{\"action\":\"show_text\",\"value\":{\"text\":\"\",\"extra\":[{\"text\":\"Open Moderation GUI\",\"color\":\"red\"}]}}}]";
-    final Component component = GsonComponentSerializer.gson().deserialize(input);
+    final Component component = JSONComponentSerializer.json().deserialize(input);
     assertNotNull(component);
   }
 }
diff --git a/text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/JSONComponentSerializerTest.java b/text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/JSONComponentSerializerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d875f6146
--- /dev/null
+++ b/text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/JSONComponentSerializerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of adventure, licensed under the MIT License.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2023 KyoriPowered
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ */
+package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+
+final class JSONComponentSerializerTest extends SerializerTest {
+  @Test
+  void testDeserializeNull() {
+    assertThrows(RuntimeException.class, () -> JSONComponentSerializer.json().deserialize("null"));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testDeserializePrimitive() {
+    assertEquals(Component.text("potato"), JSONComponentSerializer.json().deserialize("potato"));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testDeserializeArray_empty() {
+    assertThrows(RuntimeException.class, () -> deserialize(new JsonArray()));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testDeserializeArray() {
+    assertEquals(
+      Component.text()
+        .content("Hello, ")
+        .append(Component.text("world."))
+        .build(),
+      deserialize(
+        array(array -> {
+          array.add(object(object -> object.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.TEXT, "Hello, ")));
+          array.add(object(object -> object.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.TEXT, "world.")));
+        })
+      )
+    );
+  }
+
+  // https://github.com/KyoriPowered/adventure/issues/414
+  @Test
+  @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+  void testSkipInvalidHoverEvent() {
+    final Component expected = Component.text("hello");
+    assertEquals(
+      expected,
+      deserialize(object(object -> {
+        object.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.TEXT, "hello");
+        object.add(JSONComponentConstants.HOVER_EVENT, object(hover -> {
+          hover.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.HOVER_EVENT_ACTION, "show_text");
+          hover.add(JSONComponentConstants.HOVER_EVENT_VALUE, new JsonArray());
+        }));
+      }))
+    );
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/KeybindComponentTest.java b/text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/KeybindComponentTest.java
similarity index 85%
rename from text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/KeybindComponentTest.java
rename to text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/KeybindComponentTest.java
index 55c7eff03..2aae36ba4 100644
--- a/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/KeybindComponentTest.java
+++ b/text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/KeybindComponentTest.java
@@ -21,16 +21,19 @@
  * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
  * SOFTWARE.
  */
-package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson;
+package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json;
 
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
-class KeybindComponentTest extends ComponentTest {
+final class KeybindComponentTest extends SerializerTest {
   private static final String KEY = "key.jump";
 
   @Test
   void test() {
-    this.test(Component.keybind(KEY), object(json -> json.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.KEYBIND, KEY)));
+    this.testObject(
+      Component.keybind(KEY),
+      json -> json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.KEYBIND, KEY)
+    );
   }
 }
diff --git a/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/ScoreComponentTest.java b/text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/ScoreComponentTest.java
similarity index 64%
rename from text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/ScoreComponentTest.java
rename to text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/ScoreComponentTest.java
index bc4503735..861369330 100644
--- a/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/ScoreComponentTest.java
+++ b/text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/ScoreComponentTest.java
@@ -21,44 +21,51 @@
  * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
  * SOFTWARE.
  */
-package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson;
+package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json;
 
-import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
 
-class ScoreComponentTest extends ComponentTest {
+final class ScoreComponentTest extends SerializerTest {
   private static final String NAME = "abc";
   private static final String OBJECTIVE = "def";
   private static final String VALUE = "ghi";
 
   @Test
   void test() {
-    this.test(
+    this.testObject(
       Component.score(NAME, OBJECTIVE),
-      object(json -> json.add(ComponentSerializerImpl.SCORE, object(score -> {
-        score.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.SCORE_NAME, NAME);
-        score.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.SCORE_OBJECTIVE, OBJECTIVE);
-      })))
+      json -> json.add(JSONComponentConstants.SCORE, object(score -> {
+        score.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.SCORE_NAME, NAME);
+        score.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.SCORE_OBJECTIVE, OBJECTIVE);
+      }))
     );
   }
 
   @Test
   void testWithValue() {
-    this.test(
+    this.testObject(
       Component.score(NAME, OBJECTIVE, VALUE),
-      object(json -> json.add(ComponentSerializerImpl.SCORE, object(score -> {
-        score.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.SCORE_NAME, NAME);
-        score.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.SCORE_OBJECTIVE, OBJECTIVE);
-        score.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.SCORE_VALUE, VALUE);
-      })))
+      json -> json.add(JSONComponentConstants.SCORE, object(score -> {
+        score.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.SCORE_NAME, NAME);
+        score.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.SCORE_OBJECTIVE, OBJECTIVE);
+        score.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.SCORE_VALUE, VALUE);
+      }))
     );
   }
 
   @Test
   void testWithoutObjective() {
-    assertThrows(JsonParseException.class, () -> this.deserialize(object(json -> json.add(ComponentSerializerImpl.SCORE, object(score -> score.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.SCORE_NAME, NAME))))));
+    assertThrows(
+      RuntimeException.class,
+      () -> this.deserialize(object(json ->
+        json.add(
+          JSONComponentConstants.SCORE,
+          object(score -> score.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.SCORE_NAME, NAME))
+        )
+      ))
+    );
   }
 }
diff --git a/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/SelectorComponentTest.java b/text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/SelectorComponentTest.java
similarity index 69%
rename from text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/SelectorComponentTest.java
rename to text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/SelectorComponentTest.java
index 3193b8594..e8c5d857e 100644
--- a/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/SelectorComponentTest.java
+++ b/text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/SelectorComponentTest.java
@@ -21,16 +21,31 @@
  * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
  * SOFTWARE.
  */
-package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson;
+package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json;
 
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
-class SelectorComponentTest extends ComponentTest {
+final class SelectorComponentTest extends SerializerTest {
   private static final String SELECTOR = "@p";
 
   @Test
   void test() {
-    this.test(Component.selector(SELECTOR), object(json -> json.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.SELECTOR, SELECTOR)));
+    this.testObject(
+      Component.selector(SELECTOR),
+      json -> json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.SELECTOR, SELECTOR)
+    );
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testSeparator() {
+    final Component separator = Component.text(",");
+    this.testObject(
+      Component.selector(SELECTOR, separator),
+      json -> {
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.SELECTOR, SELECTOR);
+        json.add(JSONComponentConstants.SEPARATOR, this.serialize(separator));
+      }
+    );
   }
 }
diff --git a/text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/SerializerTest.java b/text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/SerializerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e2e248005
--- /dev/null
+++ b/text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/SerializerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of adventure, licensed under the MIT License.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2023 KyoriPowered
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ */
+package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json;
+
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.JsonArray;
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import java.util.function.Consumer;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.event.ClickEvent;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.event.HoverEvent;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.NamedTextColor;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.Style;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.TextDecoration;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+public abstract class SerializerTest {
+  private final Gson gson = new Gson();
+  private final JSONComponentSerializer serializer = JSONComponentSerializer.json();
+
+  final JsonElement serialize(final Component component) {
+    return this.gson.fromJson(this.serializer.serialize(component), JsonElement.class);
+  }
+
+  final Component deserialize(final JsonElement json) {
+    return this.serializer.deserialize(json.toString());
+  }
+
+  final void testStyle(final Style style, final Consumer<? super JsonObject> consumer) {
+    this.testObject(Component.text("", style), object -> {
+      object.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.TEXT, "");
+      consumer.accept(object);
+    });
+  }
+
+  final void testArray(final Component component, final Consumer<? super JsonArray> consumer) {
+    final JsonArray json = array(consumer);
+
+    assertEquals(json, this.serialize(component));
+    assertEquals(component, this.deserialize(json));
+  }
+
+  final void testObject(final Component component, final Consumer<? super JsonObject> consumer) {
+    final JsonObject json = object(consumer);
+
+    assertEquals(json, this.serialize(component));
+    assertEquals(component, this.deserialize(json));
+  }
+
+  static JsonArray array(final Consumer<? super JsonArray> consumer) {
+    final JsonArray json = new JsonArray();
+    consumer.accept(json);
+    return json;
+  }
+
+  static JsonObject object(final Consumer<? super JsonObject> consumer) {
+    final JsonObject json = new JsonObject();
+    consumer.accept(json);
+    return json;
+  }
+
+  static String name(final NamedTextColor color) {
+    return NamedTextColor.NAMES.key(color);
+  }
+
+  static String name(final TextDecoration decoration) {
+    return TextDecoration.NAMES.key(decoration);
+  }
+
+  static String name(final ClickEvent.Action action) {
+    return ClickEvent.Action.NAMES.key(action);
+  }
+
+  static <V> String name(final HoverEvent.Action<V> action) {
+    return HoverEvent.Action.NAMES.key(action);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/ShowItemSerializerTest.java b/text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/ShowItemSerializerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b79a5aba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/ShowItemSerializerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of adventure, licensed under the MIT License.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2023 KyoriPowered
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ */
+package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import net.kyori.adventure.key.Key;
+import net.kyori.adventure.nbt.CompoundBinaryTag;
+import net.kyori.adventure.nbt.StringBinaryTag;
+import net.kyori.adventure.nbt.TagStringIO;
+import net.kyori.adventure.nbt.api.BinaryTagHolder;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.event.HoverEvent;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+final class ShowItemSerializerTest extends SerializerTest {
+  @Test
+  void testDeserializeWithPopulatedTag() throws IOException {
+    this.testObject(
+      Component.text().hoverEvent(
+        HoverEvent.showItem(
+          Key.key("minecraft", "diamond"),
+          2,
+          BinaryTagHolder.binaryTagHolder(TagStringIO.get().asString(
+            CompoundBinaryTag.builder()
+              .put("display", CompoundBinaryTag.builder()
+                .put("Name", StringBinaryTag.stringBinaryTag("A test!"))
+                .build())
+              .build()
+          )))
+        ).build(),
+      json -> {
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.TEXT, "");
+        json.add(JSONComponentConstants.HOVER_EVENT, object(hover -> {
+          hover.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.HOVER_EVENT_ACTION, name(HoverEvent.Action.SHOW_ITEM));
+          hover.add(JSONComponentConstants.HOVER_EVENT_CONTENTS, object(contents -> {
+            contents.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.SHOW_ITEM_ID, "minecraft:diamond");
+            contents.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.SHOW_ITEM_COUNT, 2);
+            contents.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.SHOW_ITEM_TAG, "{display:{Name:\"A test!\"}}");
+          }));
+        }));
+      }
+    );
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testDeserializeWithNullTag() {
+    this.testObject(
+      Component.text().hoverEvent(
+        HoverEvent.showItem(
+          Key.key("minecraft", "diamond"),
+          2,
+          null
+        )
+      ).build(),
+      json -> {
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.TEXT, "");
+        json.add(JSONComponentConstants.HOVER_EVENT, object(hover -> {
+          hover.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.HOVER_EVENT_ACTION, name(HoverEvent.Action.SHOW_ITEM));
+          hover.add(JSONComponentConstants.HOVER_EVENT_CONTENTS, object(contents -> {
+            contents.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.SHOW_ITEM_ID, "minecraft:diamond");
+            contents.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.SHOW_ITEM_COUNT, 2);
+          }));
+        }));
+      }
+    );
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testDeserializeWithCountOfOne() throws IOException {
+    this.testObject(
+      Component.text().hoverEvent(
+        HoverEvent.showItem(
+          Key.key("minecraft", "diamond"),
+          1,
+          BinaryTagHolder.binaryTagHolder(TagStringIO.get().asString(
+            CompoundBinaryTag.builder()
+              .put("display", CompoundBinaryTag.builder()
+                .put("Name", StringBinaryTag.stringBinaryTag("A test!"))
+                .build())
+              .build()
+          )))
+      ).build(),
+      json -> {
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.TEXT, "");
+        json.add(JSONComponentConstants.HOVER_EVENT, object(hover -> {
+          hover.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.HOVER_EVENT_ACTION, name(HoverEvent.Action.SHOW_ITEM));
+          hover.add(JSONComponentConstants.HOVER_EVENT_CONTENTS, object(contents -> {
+            contents.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.SHOW_ITEM_ID, "minecraft:diamond");
+            contents.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.SHOW_ITEM_TAG, "{display:{Name:\"A test!\"}}");
+          }));
+        }));
+      }
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/StorageNBTComponentTest.java b/text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/StorageNBTComponentTest.java
similarity index 71%
rename from text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/StorageNBTComponentTest.java
rename to text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/StorageNBTComponentTest.java
index 2a6d29137..f50d6de56 100644
--- a/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/StorageNBTComponentTest.java
+++ b/text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/StorageNBTComponentTest.java
@@ -21,34 +21,34 @@
  * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
  * SOFTWARE.
  */
-package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson;
+package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json;
 
 import net.kyori.adventure.key.Key;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
-class StorageNBTComponentTest extends ComponentTest {
+final class StorageNBTComponentTest extends SerializerTest {
   @Test
   void testWithoutInterpret() {
-    this.test(
+    this.testObject(
       Component.storageNBT().nbtPath("abc").storage(Key.key("doom:apple")).build(),
-      object(json -> {
-        json.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.NBT, "abc");
-        json.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.NBT_INTERPRET, false);
-        json.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.NBT_STORAGE, "doom:apple");
-      })
+      json -> {
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.NBT, "abc");
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.NBT_INTERPRET, false);
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.NBT_STORAGE, "doom:apple");
+      }
     );
   }
 
   @Test
   void testWithInterpret() {
-    this.test(
+    this.testObject(
       Component.storageNBT().nbtPath("abc").storage(Key.key("doom:apple")).build(),
-      object(json -> {
-        json.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.NBT, "abc");
-        json.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.NBT_INTERPRET, false);
-        json.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.NBT_STORAGE, "doom:apple");
-      })
+      json -> {
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.NBT, "abc");
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.NBT_INTERPRET, false);
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.NBT_STORAGE, "doom:apple");
+      }
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/StyleTest.java b/text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/StyleTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7962b02a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/StyleTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+/*
+ * This file is part of adventure, licensed under the MIT License.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2017-2023 KyoriPowered
+ *
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+ * of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+ * in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+ * to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+ * copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+ * furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ *
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+ * copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+ *
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+ * IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+ * AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+ * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+ * SOFTWARE.
+ */
+package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonNull;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import net.kyori.adventure.key.Key;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.event.ClickEvent;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.event.HoverEvent;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.NamedTextColor;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.Style;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.TextColor;
+import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.TextDecoration;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+class StyleTest extends SerializerTest {
+  @Test
+  void testWithDecorationAsColor() {
+    final Style s0 = deserialize(object(object -> {
+      object.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.TEXT, "");
+      object.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.COLOR, name(TextDecoration.BOLD));
+    })).style();
+
+    assertNull(s0.color());
+    assertTrue(s0.hasDecoration(TextDecoration.BOLD));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testWithResetAsColor() {
+    final Style s0 = deserialize(object(object -> {
+      object.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.TEXT, "");
+      object.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.COLOR, "reset");
+    })).style();
+
+    assertNull(s0.color());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testEmpty() {
+    this.testStyle(Style.empty(), json -> {});
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testHexColor() {
+    this.testStyle(Style.style(TextColor.color(0x0a1ab9)), json -> json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.COLOR, "#0A1AB9"));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testNamedColor() {
+    this.testStyle(Style.style(NamedTextColor.LIGHT_PURPLE), json -> json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.COLOR, name(NamedTextColor.LIGHT_PURPLE)));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testDecoration() {
+    this.testStyle(Style.style(TextDecoration.BOLD), json -> json.addProperty(name(TextDecoration.BOLD), true));
+    this.testStyle(Style.style(TextDecoration.BOLD.withState(false)), json -> json.addProperty(name(TextDecoration.BOLD), false));
+    this.testStyle(Style.style(TextDecoration.BOLD.withState(TextDecoration.State.NOT_SET)), json -> {});
+
+    final Style s0 = deserialize(object(object -> {
+      object.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.TEXT, "");
+      object.addProperty(name(TextDecoration.BOLD), 1);
+    })).style();
+    assertFalse(s0.hasDecoration(TextDecoration.BOLD));
+
+    assertThrows(RuntimeException.class, () -> {
+      deserialize(object(object -> {
+        object.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.TEXT, "");
+        object.add(name(TextDecoration.BOLD), JsonNull.INSTANCE);
+      }));
+    });
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testInsertion() {
+    this.testStyle(Style.style().insertion("honk").build(), json -> json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.INSERTION, "honk"));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testMixedFontColorDecorationClickEvent() {
+    this.testStyle(
+      Style.style()
+        .font(Key.key("kyori", "kittens"))
+        .color(NamedTextColor.RED)
+        .decoration(TextDecoration.BOLD, true)
+        .clickEvent(ClickEvent.openUrl("https://github.com"))
+        .build(),
+      json -> {
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.FONT, "kyori:kittens");
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.COLOR, name(NamedTextColor.RED));
+        json.addProperty(name(TextDecoration.BOLD), true);
+        json.add(JSONComponentConstants.CLICK_EVENT, object(clickEvent -> {
+          clickEvent.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.CLICK_EVENT_ACTION, name(ClickEvent.Action.OPEN_URL));
+          clickEvent.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.CLICK_EVENT_VALUE, "https://github.com");
+        }));
+      }
+    );
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void testShowEntityHoverEvent() {
+    final UUID dolores = UUID.randomUUID();
+    this.testStyle(
+      Style.style()
+        .hoverEvent(HoverEvent.showEntity(HoverEvent.ShowEntity.showEntity(
+          Key.key(Key.MINECRAFT_NAMESPACE, "pig"),
+          dolores,
+          Component.text("Dolores", TextColor.color(0x0a1ab9))
+        )))
+        .build(),
+      json -> {
+        json.add(JSONComponentConstants.HOVER_EVENT, object(hoverEvent -> {
+          hoverEvent.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.HOVER_EVENT_ACTION, name(HoverEvent.Action.SHOW_ENTITY));
+          hoverEvent.add(JSONComponentConstants.HOVER_EVENT_CONTENTS, object(contents -> {
+            contents.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.SHOW_ENTITY_TYPE, "minecraft:pig");
+            contents.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.SHOW_ENTITY_ID, dolores.toString());
+            contents.add(JSONComponentConstants.SHOW_ENTITY_NAME, object(name -> {
+              name.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.TEXT, "Dolores");
+              name.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.COLOR, "#0A1AB9");
+            }));
+          }));
+        }));
+      }
+    );
+  }
+}
diff --git a/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/TextComponentTest.java b/text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/TextComponentTest.java
similarity index 53%
rename from text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/TextComponentTest.java
rename to text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/TextComponentTest.java
index 8757878c4..777985176 100644
--- a/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/TextComponentTest.java
+++ b/text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/TextComponentTest.java
@@ -21,24 +21,25 @@
  * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
  * SOFTWARE.
  */
-package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson;
+package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json;
 
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.Component;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.event.HoverEvent;
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.NamedTextColor;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
-import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson.StyleTest.name;
-
-class TextComponentTest extends ComponentTest {
+final class TextComponentTest extends SerializerTest {
   @Test
   void testSimple() {
-    this.test(Component.text("Hello, world."), object(json -> json.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.TEXT, "Hello, world.")));
+    this.testObject(
+      Component.text("Hello, world."),
+      json -> json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.TEXT, "Hello, world.")
+    );
   }
 
   @Test
   void testComplex1() {
-    this.test(
+    this.testObject(
       Component.text().content("c")
         .color(NamedTextColor.GOLD)
         .append(Component.text("o", NamedTextColor.DARK_AQUA))
@@ -48,63 +49,63 @@ void testComplex1() {
         .append(Component.text("r", NamedTextColor.DARK_GREEN))
         .append(Component.text("s", NamedTextColor.RED))
         .build(),
-      object(json -> {
-        json.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.TEXT, "c");
-        json.addProperty(StyleSerializer.COLOR, name(NamedTextColor.GOLD));
-        json.add(ComponentSerializerImpl.EXTRA, array(extra -> {
+      json -> {
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.TEXT, "c");
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.COLOR, name(NamedTextColor.GOLD));
+        json.add(JSONComponentConstants.EXTRA, array(extra -> {
           extra.add(object(item -> {
-            item.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.TEXT, "o");
-            item.addProperty(StyleSerializer.COLOR, name(NamedTextColor.DARK_AQUA));
+            item.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.TEXT, "o");
+            item.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.COLOR, name(NamedTextColor.DARK_AQUA));
           }));
           extra.add(object(item -> {
-            item.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.TEXT, "l");
-            item.addProperty(StyleSerializer.COLOR, name(NamedTextColor.LIGHT_PURPLE));
+            item.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.TEXT, "l");
+            item.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.COLOR, name(NamedTextColor.LIGHT_PURPLE));
           }));
           extra.add(object(item -> {
-            item.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.TEXT, "o");
-            item.addProperty(StyleSerializer.COLOR, name(NamedTextColor.DARK_PURPLE));
+            item.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.TEXT, "o");
+            item.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.COLOR, name(NamedTextColor.DARK_PURPLE));
           }));
           extra.add(object(item -> {
-            item.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.TEXT, "u");
-            item.addProperty(StyleSerializer.COLOR, name(NamedTextColor.BLUE));
+            item.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.TEXT, "u");
+            item.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.COLOR, name(NamedTextColor.BLUE));
           }));
           extra.add(object(item -> {
-            item.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.TEXT, "r");
-            item.addProperty(StyleSerializer.COLOR, name(NamedTextColor.DARK_GREEN));
+            item.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.TEXT, "r");
+            item.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.COLOR, name(NamedTextColor.DARK_GREEN));
           }));
           extra.add(object(item -> {
-            item.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.TEXT, "s");
-            item.addProperty(StyleSerializer.COLOR, name(NamedTextColor.RED));
+            item.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.TEXT, "s");
+            item.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.COLOR, name(NamedTextColor.RED));
           }));
         }));
-      })
+      }
     );
   }
 
   @Test
   void testComplex2() {
-    this.test(
+    this.testObject(
       Component.text().content("This is a test.")
         .color(NamedTextColor.DARK_PURPLE)
         .hoverEvent(HoverEvent.showText(Component.text("A test.")))
         .append(Component.text(" "))
         .append(Component.text("A what?", NamedTextColor.DARK_AQUA))
         .build(),
-      object(json -> {
-        json.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.TEXT, "This is a test.");
-        json.addProperty(StyleSerializer.COLOR, name(NamedTextColor.DARK_PURPLE));
-        json.add(StyleSerializer.HOVER_EVENT, object(event -> {
-          event.addProperty(StyleSerializer.HOVER_EVENT_ACTION, name(HoverEvent.Action.SHOW_TEXT));
-          event.add(StyleSerializer.HOVER_EVENT_CONTENTS, object(value -> value.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.TEXT, "A test.")));
+      json -> {
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.TEXT, "This is a test.");
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.COLOR, name(NamedTextColor.DARK_PURPLE));
+        json.add(JSONComponentConstants.HOVER_EVENT, object(event -> {
+          event.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.HOVER_EVENT_ACTION, name(HoverEvent.Action.SHOW_TEXT));
+          event.add(JSONComponentConstants.HOVER_EVENT_CONTENTS, object(value -> value.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.TEXT, "A test.")));
         }));
-        json.add(ComponentSerializerImpl.EXTRA, array(extra -> {
-          extra.add(object(item -> item.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.TEXT, " ")));
+        json.add(JSONComponentConstants.EXTRA, array(extra -> {
+          extra.add(object(item -> item.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.TEXT, " ")));
           extra.add(object(item -> {
-            item.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.TEXT, "A what?");
-            item.addProperty(StyleSerializer.COLOR, name(NamedTextColor.DARK_AQUA));
+            item.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.TEXT, "A what?");
+            item.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.COLOR, name(NamedTextColor.DARK_AQUA));
           }));
         }));
-      })
+      }
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/TranslatableComponentTest.java b/text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/TranslatableComponentTest.java
similarity index 59%
rename from text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/TranslatableComponentTest.java
rename to text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/TranslatableComponentTest.java
index 5f850bee4..1c71510e6 100644
--- a/text-serializer-gson/src/test/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/gson/TranslatableComponentTest.java
+++ b/text-serializer-json/src/testFixtures/java/net/kyori/adventure/text/serializer/json/TranslatableComponentTest.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
  * OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
  * SOFTWARE.
  */
-package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson;
+package net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.json;
 
 import java.util.UUID;
 import net.kyori.adventure.key.Key;
@@ -31,27 +31,28 @@
 import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.NamedTextColor;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
-import static net.kyori.adventure.text.serializer.gson.StyleTest.name;
-
-class TranslatableComponentTest extends ComponentTest {
+final class TranslatableComponentTest extends SerializerTest {
   private static final String KEY = "multiplayer.player.left";
 
   @Test
   void testNoArgs() {
-    this.test(Component.translatable(KEY), object(json -> json.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.TRANSLATE, KEY)));
+    this.testObject(
+      Component.translatable(KEY),
+      json -> json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.TRANSLATE, KEY)
+    );
   }
 
   @Test
   void testFallback() {
-    this.test(
+    this.testObject(
       Component.translatable()
         .key("thisIsA")
         .fallback("This is a test.")
         .build(),
-      object(json -> {
-        json.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.TRANSLATE, "thisIsA");
-        json.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.TRANSLATE_FALLBACK, "This is a test.");
-      })
+      json -> {
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.TRANSLATE, "thisIsA");
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.TRANSLATE_FALLBACK, "This is a test.");
+      }
     );
   }
 
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ void testSingleArgWithEvents() {
     final String name = "kashike";
     final String command = String.format("/msg %s ", name);
 
-    this.test(
+    this.testObject(
       Component.translatable(
         KEY,
         Component.text().content(name)
@@ -73,27 +74,27 @@ void testSingleArgWithEvents() {
           )))
           .build()
       ).color(NamedTextColor.YELLOW),
-      object(json -> {
-        json.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.TRANSLATE, KEY);
-        json.addProperty(StyleSerializer.COLOR, name(NamedTextColor.YELLOW));
-        json.add(ComponentSerializerImpl.TRANSLATE_WITH, array(with -> with.add(object(item -> {
-          item.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.TEXT, name);
-          item.add(StyleSerializer.CLICK_EVENT, object(event -> {
-            event.addProperty(StyleSerializer.CLICK_EVENT_ACTION, name(ClickEvent.Action.SUGGEST_COMMAND));
-            event.addProperty(StyleSerializer.CLICK_EVENT_VALUE, command);
+      json -> {
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.TRANSLATE, KEY);
+        json.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.COLOR, name(NamedTextColor.YELLOW));
+        json.add(JSONComponentConstants.TRANSLATE_WITH, array(with -> with.add(object(item -> {
+          item.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.TEXT, name);
+          item.add(JSONComponentConstants.CLICK_EVENT, object(event -> {
+            event.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.CLICK_EVENT_ACTION, name(ClickEvent.Action.SUGGEST_COMMAND));
+            event.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.CLICK_EVENT_VALUE, command);
           }));
-          item.add(StyleSerializer.HOVER_EVENT, object(event -> {
-            event.addProperty(StyleSerializer.HOVER_EVENT_ACTION, name(HoverEvent.Action.SHOW_ENTITY));
-            event.add(StyleSerializer.HOVER_EVENT_CONTENTS, object(value -> {
-              value.addProperty(ShowEntitySerializer.TYPE, "minecraft:player");
-              value.addProperty(ShowEntitySerializer.ID, id.toString());
-              value.add(ShowEntitySerializer.NAME, object(namej -> {
-                namej.addProperty(ComponentSerializerImpl.TEXT, name);
+          item.add(JSONComponentConstants.HOVER_EVENT, object(event -> {
+            event.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.HOVER_EVENT_ACTION, name(HoverEvent.Action.SHOW_ENTITY));
+            event.add(JSONComponentConstants.HOVER_EVENT_CONTENTS, object(value -> {
+              value.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.SHOW_ENTITY_TYPE, "minecraft:player");
+              value.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.SHOW_ENTITY_ID, id.toString());
+              value.add(JSONComponentConstants.SHOW_ENTITY_NAME, object(namej -> {
+                namej.addProperty(JSONComponentConstants.TEXT, name);
               }));
             }));
           }));
         }))));
-      })
+      }
     );
   }
 }