# Apache Fory

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Apache Fory and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free open-source serialization framework recommended for object graphs and high throughput. Critics note it relies on internal JDK APIs and question its benchmark data.

## What people warn about

- Relies on internal JDK APIs (2 comments): "Apache Fury recently fixed this very issue, but it still relies on internal JDK APIs in order to do it's work." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48767169)) "Apache Fury recently fixed this very issue, but it still relies on internal JDK APIs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48771578))
- Benchmark claims questioned (1 comments): "the data in that blog post doesn't show that" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47422421))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Protocol Buffers (protobuf)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/protocol-buffers.md): 77 recommend
- [Serde](https://hackerapproved.com/p/serde.md): 22 recommend
- [Cap'n Proto](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cap-n-proto.md): 20 recommend
- [Protobuf](https://hackerapproved.com/p/protobuf.md): 19 recommend
- [FlatBuffers](https://hackerapproved.com/p/flatbuffers.md): 16 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Apache Fory", https://hackerapproved.com/p/apache-fory/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).