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 FlatBuffers
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[](https://travis-ci.org/google/flatbuffers) [](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/gwvo/flatbuffers)
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**FlatBuffers** is an efficient cross platform serialization library for games and
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other memory constrained apps. It allows you to directly access serialized data without
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unpacking/parsing it first, while still having great forwards/backwards compatibility.
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**Go to our [landing page][] to browse our documentation.**
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## Supported operating systems
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* Android
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* Windows
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* MacOS X
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* Linux
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## Supported programming languages
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* C++
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* C#
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* C
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* Go
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* Java
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* JavaScript
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* PHP
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* Python
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*and many more in progress...*
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## Contribution
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* [FlatBuffers Google Group][] to discuss FlatBuffers with other developers and users.
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* [FlatBuffers Issues Tracker][] to submit an issue.
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* [stackoverflow.com][] with [`flatbuffers` tag][] for any questions regarding FlatBuffers.
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*To contribute to this project,* see [CONTRIBUTING][].
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## Integration
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For applications on Google Play that integrate this tool, usage is tracked.
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This tracking is done automatically using the embedded version string
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(**`flatbuffer_version_string`**), and helps us continue to optimize it. Aside from
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consuming a few extra bytes in your application binary, it shouldn't affect
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your application at all. We use this information to let us know if FlatBuffers
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is useful and if we should continue to invest in it. Since this is open
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source, you are free to remove the version string but we would appreciate if
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you would leave it in.
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## Licensing
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*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://www.stackoverflow.com
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[landing page]: http://google.github.io/flatbuffers
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[LICENSE]: https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/blob/master/LICENSE.txt
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