colfer

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  "github_readme_excerpt": "# Colfer\n\nColfer is a binary serialization [format](https://github.com/pascaldekloe/colfer/wiki/Spec)\noptimized for speed and size.\n\nThe project\u0027s compiler `colf(1)` generates source code from schema definitions\nto marshal and unmarshall data structures.\n\nThis is free and unencumbered software released into the\n[public domain](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0).\nThe format is inspired by Proto**col** Buf**fer**s.\n\n[![CI](https://github.com/pascaldekloe/colfer/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/pascaldekloe/colfer/actions/workflows/ci.yml)\n\n\n#### Language Support\n\n* **C**, ISO/IEC 9899:2011 compliant a.k.a. C11, C++ compatible\n* **Go**, a.k.a. golang\n* **Java**, Android compatible\n* **JavaScript**, a.k.a. ECMAScript, NodeJS compatible\n* \ud83d\udea7 Gergely B\u00f3di realised a functional **Dart** [port](https://github.com/vendelin8/colfer).\n* \ud83d\udea7 Karthik Kumar Viswanathan has a **Python** [alternative](https://github.com/guilt/colfer-python) under construction.\n\n\n#### Features\n\n* Simple and straightforward in use\n* No dependencies other than the core library\n* Both faster and smaller than the competition\n* [Robust](#security) against malicious input\n* Maximum of 127 fields per data structure\n* No support for enumerations\n* Framed; suitable for concatenation/streaming\n\n#### TODO\u0027s\n\n* Rust and Python support\n* Protocol [revision](https://github.com/pascaldekloe/colfer/commits/v2)\n\n\n## Use\n\nDownload a [prebuilt compiler](https://github.com/pascaldekloe/colfer/releases)\nor run `go get -u github.com/pascaldekloe/colfer/cmd/colf` to make one yourself.\nHomebrew users can also `brew install colfer`.\n\nThe command prints its own manual when invoked without arguments.\n\n```\nNAME\n\tcolf \u2014 compile Colfer schemas\n\nSYNOPSIS\n\tcolf [-h]\n\tcolf [-vf] [-b directory] [-p package] \\\n\t\t[-s expression] [-l expression] C [file ...]\n\tcolf [-vf] [-b directory] [-p package] [-t files] \\\n\t\t[-s expression] [-l expression] Go [file ...]\n\tcolf [-vf] [-b directory] [-p package] [-t ",
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