Protocol Buffers

Protocol Buffers
Developer(s)	Google
Initial release	Early 2001 (internal); July 7, 2008 (public)
Stable release	25.2 / 9 January 2024
Repository	github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf ;
Written in	C++, C#, Java, Python, JavaScript, Ruby, Go, PHP, Dart
Operating system	Any
Platform	Cross-platform
Type	serialization format and library, IDL compiler
License	BSD
Website	protobuf.dev

Protocol Buffers (Protobuf) is a free and open-source cross-platform data format used to serialize structured data. It is useful in developing programs that communicate with each other over a network or for storing data. The method involves an interface description language that describes the structure of some data and a program that generates source code from that description for generating or parsing a stream of bytes that represents the structured data.

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