# Serialization Component The serialization library is a light wrapper around the third-party `alpaca <https://github.com/p-ranav/alpaca>`_ serialization library, providing boilerplate-free binary (de-)serialization of arbitrary objects. The `Serialization` component provides a simple wrapper with reasonable default options around `alpaca`. The default serialization/deserialization options are configured such that messages / types can be distinguished from each other. ## Example The [example](./example) shows the use of the `serialization` component (and the `alpaca` library it wraps) to perform robust and reliable binary serialization and deserialization of arbitrary objects.
idf.py add-dependency "espp/serialization^0.21.0"