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 FlatBuffers
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**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.
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**Go to our [landing page][] to browse our documentation.**
## Supported operating systems
* Windows
* MacOS X
* Linux
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* Android
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* And any others with a recent C++ compiler (C++ 11 and newer)
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## Supported programming languages
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Code generation and runtime libraries for many popular languages.
1. C
1. C++ - [snapcraft.io ](https://snapcraft.io/flatbuffers )
1. C# - [nuget.org ](https://www.nuget.org/packages/Google.FlatBuffers )
1. Dart - [pub.dev ](https://pub.dev/packages/flat_buffers )
1. Go - [go.dev ](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/google/flatbuffers/go )
1. Java - [Maven ](https://search.maven.org/artifact/com.google.flatbuffers/flatbuffers-java )
1. JavaScript - [NPM ](https://www.npmjs.com/package/flatbuffers )
1. Kotlin
1. Lobster
1. Lua
1. PHP
1. Python - [PyPi ](https://pypi.org/project/flatbuffers/ )
1. Rust - [crates.io ](https://crates.io/crates/flatbuffers )
1. Swift
1. TypeScript - [NPM ](https://www.npmjs.com/package/flatbuffers )
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*and more in progress...*
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1. [Nim ](https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/pull/7362 )
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## Contribution
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* [FlatBuffers Issues Tracker][] to submit an issue.
* [stackoverflow.com][] with [`flatbuffers` tag][] for any questions regarding FlatBuffers.
*To contribute to this project,* see [CONTRIBUTING][].
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## Community
* [FlatBuffers Google Group][] to discuss FlatBuffers with other developers and users.
* [Discord Server ](https:///discord.gg/6qgKs3R )
* [Gitter ](https://gitter.im/google/flatbuffers )
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## Security
Please see our [Security Policy ](SECURITY.md ) for reporting vulnerabilities.
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## Licensing
*Flatbuffers* is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See [LICENSE][] for the full license text.
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[CONTRIBUTING]: http://github.com/google/flatbuffers/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
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[`flatbuffers` tag]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/flatbuffers
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[FlatBuffers Google Group]: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/flatbuffers
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[FlatBuffers Issues Tracker]: http://github.com/google/flatbuffers/issues
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[stackoverflow.com]: http://stackoverflow.com/search?q=flatbuffers
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[landing page]: https://google.github.io/flatbuffers
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[LICENSE]: https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/blob/master/LICENSE.txt
