Apache Fory C++: Fast Serialization with Shared/Circular Reference Tracking, Polymorphism, Schema Evolutionn and up to 12x Faster Than Protobuf

We just released Apache Fory Serialization support for c++:

https://fory.apache.org/blog/fory\_cpp\_blazing\_fast\_serialization\_framework

Highlights:

1. Automatic idiomatic cross-language serializaton: no adapter layer, serialize in C++, deserialize in Python.
2. Polymorphism via smart pointers: Fory detects std::is_polymorphic<T> automatically. Serialize through a shared_ptr<Animal>, get a Dog back.
3. Circular/shared reference tracking: Shared objects are serialized once and encoded as back-references. Cycles don't overflow the stack.
4. Schema evolution: Compatible mode matches fields by name/id, not position. Add fields on one side without coordinating deployments.
5. IDL compiler (optional): foryc ecommerce.fdl --cpp_out ./gen generates idiomatic code for every language from one schema. Generated code can be used as domain objects directly
6. 6. Row format: O(1) random field access by index, useful for analytics workloads where you only read a few fields per record.

Throughput vs. Protobuf: up to 12x depending on workload.

GitHub: https://github.com/apache/fory

C++ docs: https://fory.apache.org/docs/guide/cpp

I’d really like critical feedback on API ergonomics, and production fit.

https://redd.it/1r8a0zt
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