Protocol Buffers

aid: protobuf
name: Protocol Buffers
description: Protocol Buffers (protobuf) is Google's language-neutral, platform-neutral extensible mechanism for serializing
  structured data, providing a code generation engine that produces efficient data access classes in multiple programming
  languages.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Code Generation
- Protocol Buffers
- SDKs
- Serialization
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/protobuf/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-27'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: protobuf:protobuf
  name: Protocol Buffers
  description: Protocol Buffers (protobuf) is Google's language-neutral, platform-neutral extensible mechanism for serializing
    structured data, providing a code generation engine that produces efficient data access classes in multiple programming
    languages.
  humanURL: https://protobuf.dev/
  tags:
  - Code Generation
  - SDKs
  - Serialization
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://protobuf.dev/overview/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://protobuf.dev/getting-started/
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/protobuf-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://protobuf.dev/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://protobuf.dev/overview/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/protocolbuffers
- url: https://protobuf.dev/news/index.xml
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com