This is a test suite for benchmarking various Go serialization methods.

https://alecthomas.github.io/go_serialization_benchmarks

go test -bench=.

To validate the correctness of the serializers:

VALIDATE=1 go test -bench=. -benchtime=1ms

To update the benchmark report:

go test -tags genreport -run TestGenerateReport

If correctness and interoperability are the most important factors JSON or Protobuf are your best options.

But as always, make your own choice based on your requirements.

The data being serialized is the following structure with randomly generated values:

type A struct {
    Name     string
    BirthDay time.Time
    Phone    string
    Siblings int
    Spouse   bool
    Money    float64
}