Binary Serialization, Compression, and Encryption Library for .NET. Chief benefit is that you do not need to decorate your classes with any [Serializable] attribute.

Compatible with .NET Framework 4.0 and higher with builds for 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6. .NET Standard 2.0 which means it will work for Mono 5.4, Xamarin iOS 10.14, Xamarin.Mac 3.8, Xamarin.Android 8.0, UWP 10.0.16299

https://www.nuget.org/packages/KellermanSoftware.Serialization

Install with NuGet Package Manager Console

Install-Package KellermanSoftware.Serialization

Install with .NET CLI

dotnet add package KellermanSoftware.Serialization

• Serialize and deserialize objects without the BinaryFormatter or JSON.NET. Classes do not need to be marked as serializable
• Compress bytes or files using GZip, Deflate, or MiniLZO compression
• Encrypt strings, files, or bytes using AES Encryption

https://github.com/GregFinzer/KellermanSoftware-Serialization/wiki

https://github.com/GregFinzer/KellermanSoftware-Serialization/blob/master/Serialization-Help/Serialization-Help.chm?raw=true

https://github.com/GregFinzer/KellermanSoftware-Serialization/blob/master/LICENSE