6over3/bebop

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2173 stars · 51 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Bebop is a high-performance, typesafe binary serialization format with a schema language and code generator (bebopc) that produces optimized code for C#, TypeScript, Rust, C++, Dart, Python, and Go. It also includes Tempo, an RPC framework for building efficient APIs, and claims to be significantly faster than JSON and Protocol Buffers.

Use cases

• serialize structured data faster than JSON or protobuf
• generate typesafe serialization code from schemas for multiple languages
• build efficient RPC APIs for real-time applications
• reduce payload size and latency in cloud gaming or game networking
• share a single schema across C#, TypeScript, and Rust services
• marshal messages with zero-copy decoding in performance-critical code

When to choose

• you need blazing-fast binary serialization across several languages
• you want a simpler, faster alternative to Protocol Buffers
• you're building real-time or latency-sensitive systems like games or streaming backends
• you want generated, typesafe code with a tiny runtime and zero dependencies

When to avoid

• you need human-readable data formats or easy debugging with plain text
• your ecosystem requires a widely adopted standard with broad third-party tooling
• you need rich schema evolution features like protobuf's field deprecation semantics
• your language isn't among the supported targets and you can't write an extension

Facets

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serialization rpc compiler parser developer-tools apis performance cross-platform c rust cpp python go cli schema-language code-generation binary-format zero-copy protocol-buffers-alternative -alternative real-time

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