1# [libcbor](https://github.com/PJK/libcbor) 2 3[](https://travis-ci.org/PJK/libcbor) 4[](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/PJK/libcbor) 5[](https://readthedocs.org/projects/libcbor/?badge=latest) 6 7**libcbor** is a C library for parsing and generating [CBOR](http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7049), the general-purpose schema-less binary data format. 8 9## Main features 10 - Complete RFC conformance 11 - Robust C99 implementation 12 - Layered architecture offers both control and convenience 13 - Flexible memory management 14 - No shared global state - threading friendly 15 - Proper handling of UTF-8 16 - Full support for streams & incremental processing 17 - Extensive documentation and test suite 18 - No runtime dependencies, small footprint 19 20## Documentation 21Get the latest documentation at [libcbor.readthedocs.org](http://libcbor.readthedocs.org/) 22 23## Contributions 24 25All bug reports and contributions are welcome. Please see https://github.com/PJK/libcbor for more info. 26 27Kudos to all the [contributors](https://github.com/PJK/libcbor/graphs/contributors)! 28 29## License 30The MIT License (MIT) 31 32Copyright (c) Pavel Kalvoda, 2014–2017 33 34Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy 35of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal 36in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights 37to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell 38copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is 39furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: 40 41The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all 42copies or substantial portions of the Software. 43 44THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR 45IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, 46FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE 47AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER 48LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, 49OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE 50SOFTWARE. 51
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