willayd/arrow-nanoarrow

Arrow-nanoarrow is a small toolkit that makes it easier to work with the Apache Arrow data format in the C programming language. Apache Arrow is a popular system for handling large amounts of data efficiently, and this project provides the "helpers" needed to pass that data around between different programs or tools. At its core, the project deals with two specific ways of moving Arrow data: the "Arrow C Data interface" and the "Arrow C Stream interface." Think of these as two standardized agreements for how data should be handed off from one piece of software to another. Instead of forcing every program to figure out its own way to share large datasets, these interfaces provide a shared structure. The helpers in this repo implement those structures in C, so a developer can include them and avoid reinventing the wheel every time they need to move data in or out. This would mainly appeal to developers building data-intensive tools, things like database connectors, analytics engines, or data processing pipelines, who need those tools to talk to other systems that also speak Arrow. For example, if someone is writing a custom extension for a data platform and needs to stream results back and forth without copying everything every time, these helpers handle the plumbing. The README doesn't go into further detail about installation or usage, so anyone interested would need to look at the code or accompanying documentation for specifics.