aid: protobuf
name: Protocol Buffers
description: >-
  Protocol Buffers (protobuf) is Google's language-neutral, platform-neutral
  extensible mechanism for serializing structured data, providing a code
  generation engine that produces efficient data access classes in multiple
  programming languages.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Code Generation
  - Protocol Buffers
  - SDKs
  - Serialization
url: >-
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/protobuf/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-27'
modified: '2026-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: protobuf:protobuf
    name: Protocol Buffers
    description: >-
      Protocol Buffers (protobuf) is Google's language-neutral, platform-neutral
      extensible mechanism for serializing structured data, providing a code
      generation engine that produces efficient data access classes in multiple
      programming languages.
    humanURL: https://protobuf.dev/
    tags:
      - Code Generation
      - SDKs
      - Serialization
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://protobuf.dev/overview/
      - type: Getting Started
        url: https://protobuf.dev/getting-started/
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://protobuf.dev/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://protobuf.dev/overview/
  - type: GitHub Organization
    url: https://github.com/protocolbuffers
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com