protobuf-net
Protocol Buffers is the name of the binary serialization format used by Google for much of their data communications. It is designed to be: small in size - efficient data storage (far smaller than xml) cheap to process - both at the client and server platform independent - portable between different programming architectures extensible - to add new data to old messages. protobuf-net is a .NET implementation of this, allowing you to serialize your .NET objects efficiently and easily. It is compatible with most of the .NET family, including .NET 2.0/3.0/3.5/4.0, .NET CF 2.0/3.5, Mono 2.x, Silverlight, etc.
Install
dotnet add package protobuf-net --version 2.0.0.638
Install-Package protobuf-net -Version 2.0.0.638
<PackageReference Include="protobuf-net" Version="2.0.0.638" />
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