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Avro vs TOML

A side-by-side look at Avro and TOML. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Avro

Avro

Development

Avro is a data serialization system that provides rich data structures and a compact, fast, binary data format. It is used for serializing data for communication between applications or systems.

serializationdata-exchangebinary-format
TOML

TOML

Development

TOML (Tom's Obvious, Minimal Language) is a minimal configuration file format that's easy to read due to obvious semantics. It's designed to map unambiguously to a hash table and is a good format for configuration files.

tomlconfigurationminimalhash-table

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