---
name: "BSON::XS"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libbson-xs-perl"
version: "0.8.4-2+deb12u1"
release: "Debian 12 (Bookworm)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/BSON::XS"
---

# BSON::XS(3pm)

XS implementation of MongoDB's BSON serialization (EOL)

## NAME

BSON::XS - XS implementation of MongoDB's BSON serialization (EOL)

## VERSION

version v0.8.4

## END OF LIFE NOTICE

Version v0.8.0 was the final feature release of the MongoDB BSON::XS library and v0.8.4 is the final patch release.

**As of August 13, 2020, the MongoDB Perl driver and related libraries have** **reached end of life and are no longer supported by MongoDB.** See the August 2019 deprecation notice \<https://www.mongodb.com/blog/post/the-mongodb-perl-driver-is-being-deprecated\> for rationale.

If members of the community wish to continue development, they are welcome to fork the code under the terms of the Apache 2 license and release it under a new namespace.  Specifications and test files for MongoDB drivers and libraries are published in an open repository: mongodb/specifications \<https://github.com/mongodb/specifications/tree/master/source\>.

## DESCRIPTION

This module contains an XS implementation for BSON encoding and decoding.  There is no public API.  Use the BSON module and it will choose the best implementation for you.

## AUTHOR

David Golden \<david@mongodb.com\>

## CONTRIBUTOR

Paul "LeoNerd" Evans \<leonerd@leonerd.org.uk\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is Copyright (c) 2020 by MongoDB, Inc.

This is free software, licensed under:

```
  The Apache License, Version 2.0, January 2004
```