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   1 ![logo](http://google.github.io/flatbuffers/fpl_logo_small.png) FlatBuffers
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  11 **FlatBuffers** is a cross platform serialization library architected for
  12 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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  14 **Go to our [landing page][] to browse our documentation.**
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  16 ## Supported operating systems
  17 * Windows
  18 * MacOS X
  19 * Linux
  20 * Android
  21 * And any others with a recent C++ compiler.
  22
  23 ## Supported programming languages
  24 * C++
  25 * C#
  26 * C
  27 * Dart
  28 * Go
  29 * Java
  30 * JavaScript
  31 * Lobster
  32 * Lua
  33 * PHP
  34 * Python
  35 * Rust
  36 * TypeScript
  37
  38 *and more in progress...*
  39
  40 ## Contribution
  41 * [FlatBuffers Google Group][] to discuss FlatBuffers with other developers and users.
  42 * [FlatBuffers Issues Tracker][] to submit an issue.
  43 * [stackoverflow.com][] with [`flatbuffers` tag][] for any questions regarding FlatBuffers.
  44
  45 *To contribute to this project,* see [CONTRIBUTING][].
  46
  47 ## Licensing
  48 *Flatbuffers* is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See [LICENSE][] for the full license text.
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  52    [CONTRIBUTING]: http://github.com/google/flatbuffers/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
  53    [`flatbuffers` tag]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/flatbuffers
  54    [FlatBuffers Google Group]: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/flatbuffers
  55    [FlatBuffers Issues Tracker]: http://github.com/google/flatbuffers/issues
  56    [stackoverflow.com]: http://stackoverflow.com/search?q=flatbuffers
  57    [landing page]: https://google.github.io/flatbuffers
  58    [LICENSE]: https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/blob/master/LICENSE.txt