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Apache Avro™[![Avro Logo](doc/assets/images/logo.svg)](doc/assets/images/logo.svg) ================================================================================== [](#apache-avro) ### Current CI status (Github servers) [](#current-ci-status-github-servers) [![test c](https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-c.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-c.yml)[![test c#](https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-csharp.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-csharp.yml)[![test c++](https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-c++.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-c++.yml)[![test java](https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-java.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-java.yml)[![test javascript](https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-js.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-js.yml)[![test perl](https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-perl.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-perl.yml)[![test ruby](https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-ruby.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-ruby.yml)[![test python](https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-py.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-py.yml)[![test php](https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-php.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/test-lang-php.yml) ### Current CodeQL status [](#current-codeql-status) [![codeql c#](https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/codeql-csharp-analysis.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/codeql-csharp-analysis.yml)[![codeql java](https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/codeql-java-analysis.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/codeql-java-analysis.yml)[![codeql javascript](https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/codeql-js-analysis.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/codeql-js-analysis.yml)[![codeql python](https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/codeql-py-analysis.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/apache/avro/actions/workflows/codeql-py-analysis.yml) --- Apache Avro™ is a data serialization system. Learn more about Avro, please visit our website at: To contribute to Avro, please read: You can use devcontainers to develop Avro: - [![Open in Visual Studio Code](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/7a75b97adac3bc04c6e277c18e3a57cb3b99694696736b5bfb334af53e474d5e/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7374617469632f76313f6c6162656c3d266d6573736167653d4f70656e253230696e25323056697375616c25323053747564696f253230436f646526636f6c6f723d626c7565266c6f676f3d76697375616c73747564696f636f6465267374796c653d666c6174)](https://vscode.dev/redirect?url=vscode://ms-vscode-remote.remote-containers/cloneInVolume?url=https://github.com/apache/avro) - [![Open in Github Codespaces](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/c49c8642b9bb0df927609993e2a1b57a47d5299d672f3cbbb06b2b8b75dc1e85/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7374617469632f76313f6c6162656c3d266d6573736167653d4f70656e253230696e253230476974687562253230436f646573706163657326636f6c6f723d326633363264266c6f676f3d676974687562)](https://codespaces.new/apache/avro?quickstart=1&hide_repo_select=true) ### Trademark & logos [](#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. ### Health Score 67 — FairBetter than 100% of packages Maintenance75 Regular maintenance activity Popularity62 Solid adoption and visibility Community47 Growing community involvement Maturity74 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor3 3 contributors hold 50%+ of commits How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window. **Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores. **Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. 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