Configure Unify Execute. Validate, define, and use dynamic and text‑based data.

CUE makes it easy to validate data, write schemas, and ensure configurations align with policies.

CUE works with a wide range of tools and formats that you're already using such as Go, JSON, YAML, TOML, OpenAPI, Protobuf, and JSON Schema.

• CUE - Configure, Unify, Execute @ GitHub.

Related contents:

• Abstraction, not syntax @ Ruud van Asseldonk.

protocol buffers with small code size.Protocol Buffers for Embedded Systems.

Nanopb is a plain-C implementation of Google's Protocol Buffers data format. It is targeted at 32 bit microcontrollers, but is also fit for other embedded systems with tight (<10 kB ROM, <1 kB RAM) memory constraints.

• Nanopb @ GitHub.

10x faster dynamic Protobuf parsing in Go that’s even 3x faster than generated code.

hyperpb is a highly optimized dynamic message library for Protobuf or read-only workloads. It is designed to be a drop-in replacement for dynamicpb, protobuf-go's canonical solution for working with completely dynamic messages.

Related contents:

• Introducing hyperpb: 10x faster dynamic Protobuf parsing that’s even 3x faster than generated code @ Buf.
• Parsing Protobuf Like Never Before @ mcyoung.

The best way of working with Protocol Buffers. Kafka and gRPC for the modern age.

Store directly to Apache Iceberg™ tables and guarantee data quality with Bufstream, a drop-in replacement for Apache Kafka® deployed entirely in your own VPC on AWS, GCP, or Azure.

The buf CLI is the best tool for working with Protocol Buffers. It provides:

• A linter that enforces good API design choices and structure.

• A breaking change detector that enforces compatibility at the source code or wire level.

• A generator that invokes your plugins based on configuration files.

• A formatter that formats your Protobuf files in accordance with industry standards.

• Integration with the Buf Schema Registry, including full dependency management.

• Buf @ GitHub.

🛫 Zero-codegen, no-compile TypeScript type inference from protobuf messages.

protobuf-ts-types lets you define language-agnostic message types in proto format, then infers TypeScript types from them with no additional codegen.

Protocol Buffers are language-neutral, platform-neutral extensible mechanisms for serializing structured data.

• Protocol Buffers @ GitHub.
• Protocol Buffer Design: Principles and Practices for Collaborative Development @ Lyft Engineering's Medium.

jq for binary formats - tool, language and decoders for working with binary and text formats.

fq is inspired by the well known jq tool and language and allows you to work with binary formats the same way you would using jq. In addition it can present data like a hex viewer, transform, slice and concatenate binary data. It also supports nested formats and has an interactive REPL with auto-completion.

It was originally designed to query, inspect and debug media codecs and containers like mp4, flac, mp3, jpeg. But has since then been extended to support a variety of formats like executables, packet captures (with TCP reassembly) and serialization formats like JSON, YAML, XML, ASN1 BER, Avro, CBOR, protobuf. In addition it also has functions to work with URL:s, convert to/from hex, number bases, search for things etc.