wjwwood/serial
Cross-platform, Serial Port library written in C++ observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 5647
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 742
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2433 stars · 1170 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A cross-platform C++ library for interfacing with RS-232 serial ports, offering a modern C++ API modeled after PySerial. It supports open/close/read/write operations, timeouts, and handshaking line control with no extra runtime dependencies.
Use cases
- communicate with arduino over serial port from c++
- read data from a serial sensor in a robotics project
- write to rs-232 devices cross-platform
- control serial port timeouts and handshake lines
- replace pyserial with a faster c++ equivalent
- integrate serial communication into a ros/catkin workspace
When to choose
- you need serial port access in C++ on Linux, macOS, or Windows
- you want a PySerial-like API with C++ performance
- you're building ROS or catkin-based robotics projects
- you need fine control over timeouts and handshaking lines
When to avoid
- you need a high-level protocol layer on top of raw serial
- your project is not C++ or doesn't use CMake/catkin
- you need actively developed features or frequent updates
- you need modern async I/O abstractions
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
sdk developer-tools hardware robotics cross-platform developer-tools windows cpp cross-platform serial-port rs-232 hardware-communication pyserial-like catkin ros linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/wjwwood/serial · fetched 2026-08-28 · afe0c3dc3c19
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| wjwwood/serial | main | 32 |
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