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We've compiled a list of 5 free and paid alternatives to Protocol Buffers. The primary competitors include YAML, Apache Thrift. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between Protocol Buffers and TOML, Eno, MessagePack. Also you can look at other similar options here: About.


YAML
Free Open Source

YAML 1.2 --- YAML: YAML Ain't Markup Language

Apache Thrift
Free Open Source

An interface definition language and communication protocol for creating cross-language services.

TOML
Free Open Source

TOML - Tom's Obvious, Minimal Language

Eno
Free Open Source

Fast, human readable, plain-text data format

A method for serializing and interchanging structured data.

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Protocol Buffers Overview

Protocol buffers are Google's language-neutral, platform-neutral, extensible mechanism for serializing structured data – think XML, but smaller, faster, and simpler. You define how you want your data to be structured once, then you can use special generated source code to easily write and read your structured data to and from a variety of data streams and using a variety of languages – Java, C++, or Python.

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