tealeaf-core

Schema-aware data format with human-readable text and compact binary representation.

~36% fewer data tokens than JSON for LLM applications, with zero accuracy loss.

Features

Dual formats: Human-readable text (.tl) and compact binary (.tlbx)
Inline schemas: @struct, @table, @map, @union for compact positional data
JSON interop: Bidirectional JSON conversion with automatic schema inference
Binary format: String deduplication, schema embedding, per-section compression
CLI: compile, decompile, validate, to-json, from-json, and more
Derive macros: #[derive(ToTeaLeaf, FromTeaLeaf)] for DTO conversion (with derive feature)

Quick Start

[dependencies]
tealeaf-core = "2.0.0-beta.6"

Parse and convert

use tealeaf::TeaLeaf;

// Parse TeaLeaf text
let doc = TeaLeaf::parse("name: \"Alice\"\nage: 30")?;

// Convert to JSON
let json = doc.to_json()?;

// Parse from JSON
let doc = TeaLeaf::from_json(r#"{"name": "Alice", "age": 30}"#)?;

// Get the TeaLeaf text (with inferred schemas)
let text = doc.to_tl_with_schemas();

Derive macros

Enable the derive feature for DTO conversion:

[dependencies]
tealeaf-core = { version = "2.0.0-beta.6", features = ["derive"] }

use tealeaf::{ToTeaLeaf, FromTeaLeaf, ToTeaLeafExt};

#[derive(ToTeaLeaf, FromTeaLeaf)]
struct Employee {
    name: String,
    age: u32,
    department: String,
}

let emp = Employee {
    name: "Alice".into(),
    age: 30,
    department: "Engineering".into(),
};

// Convert to a TeaLeaf document and get text output
let doc = emp.to_tealeaf_doc("employee");
let text = doc.to_tl_with_schemas();

Format Example

JSON input:

{
  "users": [
    {"name": "Alice", "age": 30},
    {"name": "Bob", "age": 25}
  ]
}

TeaLeaf text output (with auto-inferred schema):

@struct User (name: string, age: int)

users: @table User [
  ("Alice", 30)
  ("Bob", 25)
]

License

MIT

tealeaf-core 2.0.0-beta.6