libcbor

libcbor is a C library for parsing and generating CBOR, the general-purpose schema-less binary data format.

Main features

• Complete IETF RFC 8949 (STD 94) conformance
• Robust platform-independent 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

Getting started

Compile from source

git clone https://github.com/PJK/libcbor
cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release libcbor
make
make install

Homebrew

brew install libcbor

Ubuntu 18.04 and above

sudo add-apt-repository universe
sudo apt-get install libcbor-dev

Fedora & RPM friends