Fast CDR
- Software
- Middleware
- Library
Fast CDR is a C++ library for serialization, offering the standard CDR mechanism plus a faster variant that modifies the standard.
Made by eProsima, Spain (checked on github.com/eProsima (opens in a new tab)).
Source on GitHub: github.com/eProsima/Fast-CDR (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 03cb3bf (opens in a new tab).
Licenses
- Code
- Apache-2.0 (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (Apache-2.0) at commit 03cb3bf (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Provides the standard CDR serialization mechanism.
- Also provides a faster serialization implementation that modifies the standard.
- Ships CMake scripts to build and install the library.
- Offers packages for Linux using autotools and binaries for Windows.
- Claims Quality Level 1 under the ROS 2 guidelines, as described in its quality declaration.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 03cb3bf.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- How to start
- The project's README (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Active: a commit in the last 90 days
- Newest commit
- 1 Oct 2026 on master
- Latest release
- v2.4.0 (30 Jul 2026)
Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.
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