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Project Summary

Protocol Buffers are a way of encoding structured data in an efficient yet extensible format. Google uses Protocol Buffers for almost all of its internal RPC protocols and file formats.

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c++ google java protobuf python rcp rpc serialization

In a Nutshell, Protocol Buffers...

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Project Security

Vulnerabilities per Version ( last 10 releases )

There are no reported vulnerabilities

Project Vulnerability Report

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Vulnerability Exposure Index

Many reported vulnerabilities
Few reported vulnerabilities

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C++
38%
C#
18%
C
13%
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31%

30 Day Summary

Jun 27 2025 — Jul 27 2025

12 Month Summary

Jul 27 2024 — Jul 27 2025
  • 2986 Commits
    Up + 53 (1%) from previous 12 months
  • 161 Contributors
    Up + 20 (14%) from previous 12 months