# [libcbor](https://github.com/PJK/libcbor)

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**libcbor** is a C library for parsing and generating [CBOR](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7049), the general-purpose schema-less binary data format.

## Main features
 - Complete RFC conformance
 - Robust C99 implementation
 - Layered architecture offers both control and convenience
 - Flexible memory management
 - No shared global state - threading friendly
 - Proper handling of UTF-8
 - Full support for streams & incremental processing
 - Extensive documentation and test suite
 - No runtime dependencies, small footprint

## Documentation
Get the latest documentation at [libcbor.readthedocs.org](http://libcbor.readthedocs.org/)

## Contributions

All bug reports and contributions are welcome. Please see https://github.com/PJK/libcbor for more info.

Kudos to all the [contributors](https://github.com/PJK/libcbor/graphs/contributors)!

## License
The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) Pavel Kalvoda, 2014–2017

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