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Intro

ByteWorks is a library that aims to make working with buffers as comfortable as possible while still maintaining high performance. Manually managing binary formats is a tough task and is prone to errors, which is why ByteWorks includes some useful, and hard to implement formats like half precision floating point numbers, variable length quantity, bitfields, bitmasks.

Key Features​

  • Flexible: Missing a serializer you need? You can easily implement it yourself and it will work with existing types.
  • Modular and Composable: Compose serializers to handle even the most complex data structures with ease.
  • Bit-Level Precision: Work with bitfields and bitmasks to pack data efficiently and manage binary flags.

Who Is ByteWorks For?​

ByteWorks is for any Roblox developer who needs to work with binary data. Whether you're:

  • Building a multiplayer game and need to send data over the network efficiently,
  • Saving game state or player data in a compact format,