Efficient, generic serialization/deserialization framework with derive-style codegen, pluggable data-format adapters, and faithful line-by-line transliteration including per-file provenance headers, ensuring API parity with upstream implementation.
This is a Kotlin Multiplatform line-by-line transliteration port of serde-rs/serde.
Original Project: This port is based on serde-rs/serde. All design credit and project intent belong to the upstream authors; this repository is a faithful port to Kotlin Multiplatform with no behavioural changes intended.
This is an in-progress port. The goal is feature parity with the upstream Rust crate while providing a native Kotlin Multiplatform API. Every Kotlin file carries a // port-lint: source <path> header naming its upstream Rust counterpart so the AST-distance tool can track provenance.
serde-rs/serdeThe text below is reproduced and lightly edited from
https://github.com/serde-rs/serde. It is the upstream project's own description and remains under the upstream authors' authorship; links have been rewritten to absolute upstream URLs so they continue to resolve from this repository.
Serde is a framework for serializing and deserializing Rust data structures efficiently and generically.
You may be looking for:
#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)][dependencies]
# The core APIs, including the Serialize and Deserialize traits. Always
= { version = , features = [] }
=
Serde is one of the most widely used Rust libraries so any place that Rustaceans congregate will be able to help you out. For chat, consider trying the or channels of the unofficial community Discord (invite: ), the or channels of the official Rust Project Discord (invite: ), or the stream in Zulip. For asynchronous, consider the , the subreddit which has a pinned weekly easy questions post, or the Rust . It's acceptable to file a support issue in this repo but they tend not to get as many eyes as any of the above and may get closed without a response after some time.
dependencies {
implementation("io.github.kotlinmania:serde-kotlin:0.1.2")
}
./gradlew build
./gradlew test
See AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md for translator discipline, port-lint header convention, and Rust → Kotlin idiom mapping.
This Kotlin port is distributed under the same MIT license as the upstream serde-rs/serde. See LICENSE (and any sibling LICENSE-* / NOTICE files mirrored from upstream) for the full text.
Original work copyrighted by the serde authors.
Kotlin port: Copyright (c) 2026 Sydney Renee and The Solace Project.
Thanks to the serde-rs/serde maintainers and contributors for the original Rust implementation. This port reproduces their work in Kotlin Multiplatform; bug reports about upstream design or behavior should go to the upstream repository.
use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
struct Point {
x: i32,
y: i32,
}
fn main() {
let point = Point { x: 1, y: 2 };
// Convert the Point to a JSON string.
let serialized = serde_json::to_string(&point).unwrap();
// Prints serialized = {"x":1,"y":2}
println!("serialized = {}", serialized);
// Convert the JSON string back to a Point.
let deserialized: Point = serde_json::from_str(&serialized).unwrap();
// Prints deserialized = Point { x: 1, y: 2 }
println!("deserialized = {:?}", deserialized);
}
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