protobuf
brew install protobuf
v35.1
BSD-3-Clause
Compiler and runtime library for Protocol Buffers, Google's language-neutral serialization format.
Why you might care
Use protobuf when you need efficient, versioned binary serialization across languages and platforms—it generates type-safe code in C++, Python, Go, Java, etc. from .proto schema files. Faster and more compact than JSON/XML for RPC systems, databases, and inter-service communication.
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Runtime dependencies
Build dependencies
Links
- https://protobuf.dev/
- Brew formula source: Formula/p/protobuf.rb
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