Top 4 C++ protocol-buffer Projects

Protobuf

171 63,586 10.0 C++

Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format

Project mention: Reverse Engineering Protobuf Definitions from Compiled Binaries | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-03-09

For at least 4 years protobuf has had decent support for self-describing messages (very similar to avro) as well as reflection
https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/blob/main/src/go...
Xgooglers trying to make do on the cheap will just create a Union of all their messages and include the message def in a self-describing message pattern. Super-sensitive network I/O can elide the message def (empty buffer) and any for RecordIO clone well file compression takes care of the definition.
Definitely useful to be able to dig out old defs but protobuf maintainers have surprisingly added useful features so you don’t have to.
Bonus points tho for extracting the protobuf defs that e.g. Apple bakes into their binaries.

protozero

1 276 0.0 C++

Minimalist protocol buffer decoder and encoder in C++
WorkOS

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The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.
EmbeddedProto

4 178 7.7 C++

Embedded Proto is a C++ Protocol Buffers implementation specifically suitable for microcontrollers. It is small, reliable and easy to use.
propanedb

1 11 4.3 C++

A document database for Protocol Buffer messages with GRPC interface

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