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MessagePack vs TOML

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

MessagePack

MessagePack

Development

MessagePack is an efficient binary serialization format, useful for exchanging data between applications or storing structured data. It is compact, fast and offers support for multiple languages.

serializationbinaryefficientstructured-data
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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