FlatBuffers is a cross platform serialization library architected for maximum memory efficiency. It allows you to directly access serialized data without parsing/unpacking it first, while still having great forwards/backwards compatibility.
Go to our landing page to browse our documentation.
- Windows
- MacOS X
- Linux
- Android
- And any others with a recent C++ compiler (C++ 11 and newer)
Code generation and runtime libraries for many popular languages.
- C
- C++ - snapcraft.io
- C# - nuget.org
- Dart - pub.dev
- Go - go.dev
- Java - Maven
- JavaScript - NPM
- Kotlin
- Lobster
- Lua
- PHP
- Python - PyPi
- Rust - crates.io
- Swift
- TypeScript - NPM
and more in progress...
- FlatBuffers Issues Tracker to submit an issue.
- stackoverflow.com with
flatbufferstag for any questions regarding FlatBuffers.
To contribute to this project, see CONTRIBUTING.
- FlatBuffers Google Group to discuss FlatBuffers with other developers and users.
- Discord Server
- Gitter
Please see our Security Policy for reporting vulnerabilities.
Flatbuffers is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See LICENSE for the full license text.