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FlatBuffers
An open source project by FPL.
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FlatBuffers is actively being worked on, which means that certain platform / language / feature combinations may not be available yet.
This page tries to track those issues, to make informed decisions easier. In general:
NOTE: this table is a start, it needs to be extended.
| Feature | C++ | Java | C# | Go | Python | JS | TS | C | PHP | Dart | Lobster | Rust | Swift |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Codegen for all basic features | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | WiP | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| JSON parsing | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| Simple mutation | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
| Reflection | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Basic | No | No | No | No | No |
| Buffer verifier | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Native Object API | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| Optional Scalars | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Flexbuffers | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
| Testing: basic | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Testing: fuzz | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | ? | No | No | Yes | No |
| Performance: | Superb | Great | Great | Great | Ok | ? | ? | Superb | ? | ? | Great | Superb | Great |
| Platform: Windows | VS2010 | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | VS2010 | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Platform: Linux | GCC282 | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Platform: OS X | Xcode4 | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Platform: Android | NDK10d | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Flutter | Yes | ? | No |
| Platform: iOS | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Flutter | Yes | ? | Yes |
| Engine: Unity | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | No |
| Primary authors (github) | aard | aard | ev/js/df | rw | rw | ew/ev | kr | mik | ch | df | aard | rw/cn | mi/mz |
| Above | Github username |
|---|---|
| aard | aardappel (previously: gwvo) |
| ch | chobie |
| cn | caspern |
| df | dnfield |
| ev | evolutional |
| ew | evanw |
| js | jonsimantov |
| kr | krojew |
| mi | mustiikhalil |
| mik | mikkelfj |
| mz | mzaks |
| rw | rw |