neuecc/ZeroFormatter

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

ZeroFormatter is an extremely fast binary serializer for .NET, .NET Core, and Unity that allows deserialization without parsing by accessing serialized data directly. It uses C# code as its schema via attributes, similar to FlatBuffers but with a cleaner, strongly-typed API.

Use cases

• serialize game state in Unity with IL2CPP
• fast binary serialization for microservices in .NET
• deserialize large datasets without parsing overhead
• replace protobuf or FlatBuffers with a C#-only schema
• share serialized types between .NET and Unity projects
• serialize dictionaries and polymorphic union types efficiently

When to choose

• you need maximum serialization/deserialization performance in C# or Unity
• you want schema defined directly in C# without an IDL
• you target Unity including IL2CPP
• you need zero-copy style access to serialized data

When to avoid

• you need cross-language serialization with non-.NET consumers
• you need human-readable formats like JSON
• you need a serializer with active ongoing development and community support
• your schemas must be shared with non-C# systems

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

serialization developer-tools performance dotnet cross-platform windows csharp unity binary-serialization zero-copy il2cpp flatbuffers-alternative game-development linux macos

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