avro-c ☆

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Description:
Data serialization system

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 1.12.1@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | @ApacheAvro | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: serialization avro data-format rpc c-library

Install: brew install avro-c

About:
Avro-C is the C language implementation of Apache Avro, a row-oriented remote procedure call and data serialization framework. It provides APIs for creating, parsing, and serializing data using compact binary formats defined by JSON schemas. This library enables high-performance data exchange in C applications, supporting schema evolution and interoperability with other Avro implementations.

Key Features:

Binary encoding for compact data storage
Schema evolution support for forward and backward compatibility
Interoperability with Java, Python, and other Avro implementations
Support for complex data types including arrays, maps, and records
Dynamic schema resolution and validation

Use Cases:

Data serialization for C applications in distributed systems
Building high-performance RPC services with compact binary protocols
Cross-language data exchange between C services and other platforms
Storing and processing large datasets with schema evolution

Alternatives:

protobuf-c – Protocol Buffers for C; similar binary serialization but without built-in schema evolution features
c-blosc – Compression library; focuses on data compression rather than serialization frameworks

License: Apache-2.0

Dependencies: jansson, snappy, xz

Bottles available for: arm64_tahoe, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, sonoma, arm64_linux, x86_64_linux

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 11, 2025 2:14am		0	VERSION_BUMP	38e196ca
Nov 17, 2024 2:04pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	35122c5e