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Top 23 C# Serialization Projects

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  1. Json.NET

    Json.NET is a popular high-performance JSON framework for .NET

  2. ReSharper

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  3. MessagePack for C# (.NET, .NET Core, Unity, Xamarin)

    Extremely Fast MessagePack Serializer for C#(.NET, .NET Core, Unity, Xamarin). / msgpack.org[C#]

    Project mention: zerompk: The Fastest MessagePack Implementation for Rust and Its Optimization Techniques | dev.to | 2026-03-29

    Many parts of the optimization and security features were implemented referencing MessagePack for C#. The MessagePack for C# implementation is incredibly well done. However, optimizing code like binary decoding is definitely easier in Rust than in C#. Having a strong type system makes writing with generics incredibly easy and enjoyable.

  4. Protobuf.NET

    Protocol Buffers library for idiomatic .NET

  5. YamlDotNet

    YamlDotNet is a .NET library for YAML

  6. Magicodes.IE

    Import and export general library, support Dto import and export, template export, fancy export and dynamic export, support Excel, Csv, Word, Pdf and Html.

  7. bebop

    🎷No ceremony, just code. Blazing fast, typesafe binary serialization.

  8. Jil

    Fast .NET JSON (De)Serializer, Built On Sigil

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  10. LitJSON

    JSON library for the .Net framework

  11. Unity-SerializeReferenceExtensions

    Provide popup to specify the type of the field serialized by the [SerializeReference] attribute in the inspector.

  12. Dumpify

    Adding `.Dump()` extension methods to Console Applications, similar to LinqPad's.

  13. FileHelpers

    The FileHelpers are a free and easy to use .NET library to read/write data from fixed length or delimited records in files, strings or streams

  14. firely-net-sdk

    The official Firely .NET SDK for HL7 FHIR

  15. parquet-dotnet

    Fully managed Apache Parquet implementation

  16. Msgpack-Cli

    MessagePack implementation for Common Language Infrastructure / msgpack.org[C#]

  17. FlatSharp

    Fast, idiomatic C# implementation of Flatbuffers

  18. QuikGraph

    Generic Graph Data Structures and Algorithms for .NET

  19. Ceras

    Universal binary serializer for a wide variety of scenarios https://discord.gg/FGaCX4c

  20. VYaml

    The extra fast, low memory footprint YAML library for C#, focued on .NET and Unity.

  21. JsonSubTypes

    Discriminated Json Subtypes Converter implementation for .NET

  22. ObjectDumper

    ObjectDumper is a utility which aims to serialize C# objects to string for debugging and logging purposes.

  23. Wire

    Binary serializer for POCO objects (by asynkron)

  24. H.Pipes

    A simple, easy to use, strongly-typed, async wrapper around .NET named pipes.

  25. home

    A configurable and eXtensible Xml serializer for .NET. (by ExtendedXmlSerializer)

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NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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Index

What are some of the best open-source Serialization projects in C#? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 Json.NET 11,294
2 MessagePack for C# (.NET, .NET Core, Unity, Xamarin) 6,704
3 Protobuf.NET 4,953
4 YamlDotNet 2,831
5 Magicodes.IE 2,222
6 bebop 2,163
7 Jil 2,146
8 LitJSON 1,438
9 Unity-SerializeReferenceExtensions 1,282
10 Dumpify 1,168
11 FileHelpers 1,154
12 firely-net-sdk 928
13 parquet-dotnet 885
14 Msgpack-Cli 855
15 FlatSharp 570
16 QuikGraph 545
17 Ceras 500
18 VYaml 461
19 JsonSubTypes 436
20 ObjectDumper 429
21 Wire 373
22 H.Pipes 357
23 home 343

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