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      1 ![logo](http://google.github.io/flatbuffers/fpl_logo_small.png) FlatBuffers
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      7 **FlatBuffers** is an efficient cross platform serialization library for games and
      8 other memory constrained apps. It allows you to directly access serialized data without
      9 unpacking/parsing it first, while still having great forwards/backwards compatibility.
     10 
     11 **Go to our [landing page][] to browse our documentation.**
     12 
     13 ## Supported operating systems
     14 * Android
     15 * Windows
     16 * MacOS X
     17 * Linux
     18 
     19 ## Supported programming languages
     20 * C++
     21 * C#
     22 * C
     23 * Go
     24 * Java
     25 * JavaScript
     26 * PHP
     27 * Python
     28 
     29 *and many more in progress...*
     30 
     31 ## Contribution
     32 * [FlatBuffers Google Group][] to discuss FlatBuffers with other developers and users.
     33 * [FlatBuffers Issues Tracker][] to submit an issue.
     34 * [stackoverflow.com][] with [`flatbuffers` tag][] for any questions regarding FlatBuffers.
     35 
     36 *To contribute to this project,* see [CONTRIBUTING][].
     37 
     38 ## Integration
     39 For applications on Google Play that integrate this tool, usage is tracked.
     40 This tracking is done automatically using the embedded version string
     41 (**`flatbuffer_version_string`**), and helps us continue to optimize it. Aside from
     42 consuming a few extra bytes in your application binary, it shouldn't affect
     43 your application at all.  We use this information to let us know if FlatBuffers
     44 is useful and if we should continue to invest in it. Since this is open
     45 source, you are free to remove the version string but we would appreciate if
     46 you would leave it in.
     47 
     48 ## Licensing
     49 *Flatbuffers* is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See [LICENSE][] for the full license text.
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     53    [CONTRIBUTING]: http://github.com/google/flatbuffers/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md
     54    [`flatbuffers` tag]: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/flatbuffers
     55    [FlatBuffers Google Group]: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/flatbuffers
     56    [FlatBuffers Issues Tracker]: http://github.com/google/flatbuffers/issues
     57    [stackoverflow.com]: http://www.stackoverflow.com
     58    [landing page]: http://google.github.io/flatbuffers
     59    [LICENSE]: https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/blob/master/LICENSE.txt
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