diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md index 17ee1b578..3d5467eb3 100644 --- a/readme.md +++ b/readme.md @@ -4,30 +4,34 @@ [![Join the chat at https://gitter.im/google/flatbuffers](https://badges.gitter.im/google/flatbuffers.svg)](https://gitter.im/google/flatbuffers?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge) [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/google/flatbuffers.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/google/flatbuffers) [![Build status](https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/yg5idd2fnusv1n10?svg=true)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/gwvo/flatbuffers) -**FlatBuffers** is an efficient cross platform serialization library for games and -other memory constrained apps. It allows you to directly access serialized data without -unpacking/parsing it first, while still having great forwards/backwards compatibility. +**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.** ## Supported operating systems -* Android * Windows * MacOS X * Linux +* Android +* And any others with a recent C++ compiler. ## Supported programming languages * C++ * C# * C +* Dart * Go * Java * JavaScript +* Lobster +* Lua * PHP * Python * Rust +* TypeScript -*and many more in progress...* +*and more in progress...* ## Contribution * [FlatBuffers Google Group][] to discuss FlatBuffers with other developers and users. @@ -36,16 +40,6 @@ unpacking/parsing it first, while still having great forwards/backwards compatib *To contribute to this project,* see [CONTRIBUTING][]. -## Integration -For applications on Google Play that integrate this tool, usage is tracked. -This tracking is done automatically using the embedded version string -(**`flatbuffer_version_string`**), and helps us continue to optimize it. Aside from -consuming a few extra bytes in your application binary, it shouldn't affect -your application at all. We use this information to let us know if FlatBuffers -is useful and if we should continue to invest in it. Since this is open -source, you are free to remove the version string but we would appreciate if -you would leave it in. - ## Licensing *Flatbuffers* is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See [LICENSE][] for the full license text.