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rust-protobuf
<!-- https://travis-ci.org/stepancheg/rust-protobuf.png -->Protobuf implementation in Rust.
- Written in pure rust
- Generates rust code
- Has runtime library support for generated code (Coded{Input|Output}Stream impl)
- Supports both Protobuf versions 2 and 3
- and more
Where is documentation
Documentation is hosted on docs.rs.
Versions and branches
Version 3
Version 3 is current stable version. Compared to version 2 it implements:
- runtime reflection
- JSON and text format parsing and printing
- dynamic messages (messages which can be created from
.proto
file on the fly without code generation)
Version 2
Version 2 is previous stable version. Only most critical bugfixes will be applied to 2.x version, otherwise it won't be maintained.
Help
The crate needs help:
- a new maintainer, but also
- testing
- documentation
- examples to be used as documentation
- feedback on API design
- feedback on implementation
- pull requests
Changelog
See CHANGELOG.md for a list of changes and compatility issues between versions.
Related projects
- prost — another protobuf implementation in Rust, also has gRPC implementation
- quick-protobuf — alternative protobuf implementation in Rust
- grpc-rs — another gRPC implementation for Rust
- grpc-rust — incomplete implementation of gRPC based on this library