protobuf-net

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Idiomatic .NET tools for working with protocol buffers

Funding Links: https://github.com/sponsors/protobuf-net

• Name: protobuf-net
• Kind: organization
• Followers: 62
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• Total stars: 5553
• Repositories count: 4
• Created at: 2022-11-02T16:43:55.074Z
• Updated at: 2025-03-30T12:56:20.941Z
• Last synced at: 2025-03-30T12:56:20.941Z

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Note: this option is intended to allow business sponsors; if you're an individual - well, honestly you probably shouldn't be sponsoring folks anyway (get your employer/company to do that!), but if you insist, mgravell is probably a better option.
protobuf-net is an entirely independent protobuf implementation for .NET; while it has a rich set of features, it is far from complete! However, time is the ultimately limiting factor. By sponsoring protobuf-net, you're helping fund my time
Right now, the key thing I want to deliver (given the time) is: AOT; this is important for tons of reasons, including:

cold-start performance (no reflection, no emit)
linker support (for trimmed deployments)
better usage in scenarios like unity (where emit is restricted)

Other things I want to improve:

more performance focus
invest time fully exploring unity usage and compatibility
features; for example reference-tracking, Any, better analyzers, ...

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• Past Sponsors: 0
• Total Sponsors: 0
• Minimum Sponsorship: $1.00

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