https://github.com/apache/avro
Apache Avro is a data serialization system.
https://github.com/apache/avro
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Apache Avro is a data serialization system.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/apache/avro
- Owner: apache
- License: apache-2.0
- Created: 2009-05-21T02:48:37.000Z (over 16 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2025-09-03T07:24:25.000Z (2 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-09-03T23:47:37.316Z (2 months ago)
- Topics: avro, bigdata, c, cplusplus, csharp, dotnet, java, perl, php, python, ruby
- Language: Java
- Homepage: https://avro.apache.org/
- Size: 73.4 MB
- Stars: 3,146
- Watchers: 102
- Forks: 1,690
- Open Issues: 162
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE.txt
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README
> [!IMPORTANT]
> The Rust SDK is moving to https://github.com/apache/avro-rs. Please use it for [new issues](https://github.com/apache/avro-rs/issues/new)
and [pull requests](https://github.com/apache/avro-rs/pulls)!
Apache Avro™
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### Current CI status (Github servers)
[![test c][test c img]][test c]
[![test c#][test c# img]][test c#]
[![test c++][test c++ img]][test c++]
[![test java][test java img]][test java]
[![test javascript][test javascript img]][test javascript]
[![test perl][test perl img]][test perl]
[![test ruby][test ruby img]][test ruby]
[![test python][test python img]][test python]
[![test php][test php img]][test php]
### Current CodeQL status
[![codeql c#][codeql c# img]][codeql c#]
[![codeql java][codeql java img]][codeql java]
[![codeql javascript][codeql javascript img]][codeql javascript]
[![codeql python][codeql python img]][codeql python]
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Apache Avro™ is a data serialization system.
Learn more about Avro, please visit our website at:
https://avro.apache.org/
To contribute to Avro, please read:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/AVRO/How+To+Contribute
[test c]: https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-c.yml
[test c#]: https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-csharp.yml
[test c++]: https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-c++.yml
[test java]: https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-java.yml
[test javascript]: https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-js.yml
[test perl]: https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-perl.yml
[test ruby]: https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-ruby.yml
[test python]: https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-py.yml
[test php]: https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-php.yml
[codeql c#]: https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/codeql-csharp-analysis.yml
[codeql java]: https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/codeql-java-analysis.yml
[codeql javascript]: https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/codeql-js-analysis.yml
[codeql python]: https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/codeql-py-analysis.yml
[test c img]: https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-c.yml/badge.svg
[test c# img]: https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-csharp.yml/badge.svg
[test c++ img]: https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-c++.yml/badge.svg
[test java img]: https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-java.yml/badge.svg
[test javascript img]: https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-js.yml/badge.svg
[test perl img]: https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-perl.yml/badge.svg
[test ruby img]: https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-ruby.yml/badge.svg
[test python img]: https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-py.yml/badge.svg
[test php img]: https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-php.yml/badge.svg
[codeql c# img]: https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/codeql-csharp-analysis.yml/badge.svg
[codeql java img]: https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/codeql-java-analysis.yml/badge.svg
[codeql javascript img]: https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/codeql-js-analysis.yml/badge.svg
[codeql python img]: https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/codeql-py-analysis.yml/badge.svg
You can use devcontainers to develop Avro:
* [](https://vscode.dev/redirect?url=vscode://ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers/cloneInVolume?url=https://github.com/apache/avro)
* [](https://codespaces.new/apache/avro?quickstart=1&hide_repo_select=true)
### Trademark & logos
Apache®, Apache Avro and the Apache Avro airplane logo are trademarks of The Apache Software Foundation.
The Apache Avro airplane logo on this page has been designed by [Emma Kellam](https://github.com/emmak3l) for use by this project.