Re: [protobuf] List of projects/products using protobuf?

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Marc Gravell

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May 21, 2013, 3:29:05 AM5/21/13

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I don't know about project/product lists, but you could look to https://code.google.com/p/protobuf/downloads/list - 50,000 downloads of protoc 2.5 since late February, which suggests reasonable usage - and that doesn't include packages that either don't use protoc, or which embed protoc. You could chalk up at least another 13,000 just from the most recent version of protobuf-net (nuget+googlecode downloads), but there are many other external implementations (https://code.google.com/p/protobuf/wiki/ThirdPartyAddOns) - perhaps that list is a fair measure of community uptake.

It is a core part of many internal google APIs, and a few of the public APIs. And more anecdotal: it has certainly featured in most projects with a need for serialization (persistence, network, etc) that I've been involved in for the last few years ;p

Marc

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May 21, 2013, 5:20:22 PM5/21/13

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Thanks, Marc. I agree that the downloads are significant. I was just looking for names to help with the internal sales job...