![logo](http://google.github.io/flatbuffers/fpl_logo_small.png) FlatBuffers
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**FlatBuffers** is a cross platform serialization library architected for
maximum memory efficiency. It allows you to directly access serialized data without parsing/unpacking it first, while still having great forwards/backwards compatibility.

**Go to our [landing page][] to browse our documentation.**

## Supported operating systems
* Windows
* MacOS X
* Linux
* Android
* And any others with a recent C++ compiler.

## Supported programming languages
* C++
* C#
* C
* Dart
* Go
* Java
* JavaScript
* Lobster
* Lua
* PHP
* Python
* Rust
* TypeScript

*and more in progress...*

## Contribution
* [FlatBuffers Google Group][] to discuss FlatBuffers with other developers and users.
* [FlatBuffers Issues Tracker][] to submit an issue.
* [stackoverflow.com][] with [`flatbuffers` tag][] for any questions regarding FlatBuffers.

*To contribute to this project,* see [CONTRIBUTING][].

## Licensing
*Flatbuffers* is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See [LICENSE][] for the full license text.

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   [CONTRIBUTING]: http://github.com/google/flatbuffers/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
   [`flatbuffers` tag]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/flatbuffers
   [FlatBuffers Google Group]: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/flatbuffers
   [FlatBuffers Issues Tracker]: http://github.com/google/flatbuffers/issues
   [stackoverflow.com]: http://stackoverflow.com/search?q=flatbuffers
   [landing page]: https://google.github.io/flatbuffers
   [LICENSE]: https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/blob/master/LICENSE.txt