avro

What is a .avro file?

application/avro

Apache Avro (.avro) is a compact binary, row-oriented data format that stores its JSON schema in the file header alongside the records, enabling schema evolution. It is widely used with Kafka and Hadoop for message and data serialization.

How to use a .avro file

Use an example .avro file to test Avro readers, embedded-schema parsing, and schema-evolution or Avro-to-JSON tooling.

Download example .avro file

Avro — Row Binary + SchemaThe same records as Apache Avro — a compact row-based binary format that embeds its own schema, widely used in Kafka pipelines. For testing Avro decoders and schema evolution.

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