readme.md

   1 ![logo](http://google.github.io/flatbuffers/fpl_logo_small.png) FlatBuffers
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   7 **FlatBuffers** is a cross platform serialization library architected for
   8 maximum memory efficiency. It allows you to directly access serialized data without parsing/unpacking it first, while still having great forwards/backwards compatibility.
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  10 **Go to our [landing page][] to browse our documentation.**
  11
  12 ## Supported operating systems
  13 * Windows
  14 * MacOS X
  15 * Linux
  16 * Android
  17 * And any others with a recent C++ compiler.
  18
  19 ## Supported programming languages
  20 * C++
  21 * C#
  22 * C
  23 * Dart
  24 * Go
  25 * Java
  26 * JavaScript
  27 * Lobster
  28 * Lua
  29 * PHP
  30 * Python
  31 * Rust
  32 * TypeScript
  33
  34 *and more in progress...*
  35
  36 ## Contribution
  37 * [FlatBuffers Google Group][] to discuss FlatBuffers with other developers and users.
  38 * [FlatBuffers Issues Tracker][] to submit an issue.
  39 * [stackoverflow.com][] with [`flatbuffers` tag][] for any questions regarding FlatBuffers.
  40
  41 *To contribute to this project,* see [CONTRIBUTING][].
  42
  43 ## Licensing
  44 *Flatbuffers* is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See [LICENSE][] for the full license text.
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  48    [CONTRIBUTING]: http://github.com/google/flatbuffers/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
  49    [`flatbuffers` tag]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/flatbuffers
  50    [FlatBuffers Google Group]: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/flatbuffers
  51    [FlatBuffers Issues Tracker]: http://github.com/google/flatbuffers/issues
  52    [stackoverflow.com]: http://stackoverflow.com/search?q=flatbuffers
  53    [landing page]: https://google.github.io/flatbuffers
  54    [LICENSE]: https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/blob/master/LICENSE.txt