twitter/Serial
Light-weight, fast framework for object serialization in Java, with Android support. 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 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3338
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 1241
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1030 stars · 109 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Twitter Serial is a lightweight Java serialization framework that uses explicit Serializer classes instead of reflection-based Serializable. It offers significantly faster roundtrip serialization and smaller byte output, with Android support.
Use cases
- serialize java objects to byte arrays efficiently
- replace java serializable with faster serialization
- reduce serialized payload size in android apps
- explicitly control how objects are serialized
- debug serialization of complex object graphs
When to choose
- you need faster, smaller serialization than java's built-in Serializable
- you want explicit, reflection-free control over serialization
- you're building an Android or JVM app that persists or transmits objects as bytes
When to avoid
- you want automatic schema-less serialization without writing serializers
- you need cross-language serialization formats like protobuf or JSON
- you need a library under heavy active development
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
serialization developer-tools mobile-development jvm java-serialization android byte-serialization no-reflection
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/twitter/Serial · fetched 2026-08-28 · dda914242a2e
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| twitter/Serial | main | 32 |
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