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+# C++ ULog Library
+
+Streamed C++ [ULog](https://docs.px4.io/main/en/dev_log/ulog_file_format.html) reader and writer library.
+
+## Properties
+- Options for keeping log data in memory or processing immediately.
+- Pure C++17 without additional dependencies (`SimpleWriter` requires POSIX for file IO).
+- The reader is ~10 times as fast compared to the [python implementation](https://github.com/PX4/pyulog).
+  However, the API is more low-level, and if you're just looking for an easy-to-use parsing library, use pyulog.
+- Unsupported ULog features:
+  - Appended data (`DATA_APPENDED`)
+- A little endian target machine is required (an error is thrown if this is not the case)
+- The reader keeps errors stored, so parsing can be continued and any errors can be read out at the end.
+  The writer directly throws exceptions (`ulog_cpp::ExceptionBase`).
+
+## Examples
+Check the [examples](examples) subdirectory.
+
+## Include in a project
+To add the library as a submodule with cmake, use the following steps:
+```shell
+git submodule add https://github.com/PX4/ulog_cpp.git ulog_cpp
+```
+Then extend your `CMakeLists.txt` with:
+```cmake
+add_subdirectory(ulog_cpp)
+
+target_link_libraries(YOUR_PROJECT PUBLIC
+  ulog_cpp::ulog_cpp
+)
+```
+
+## Development
+For development, install the pre-commit scripts:
+```shell
+pre-commit install
+```
+
+### CI
+CI runs a number of checks which can be executed locally with the following commands.
+
+#### clang-tidy
+```shell
+cd build
+make clang-tidy
+```
+
+#### Unit tests
+```shell
+cd build
+make run-unit-tests
+```
+
+#### Linters (code formatting etc)
+These run automatically when committing code. To manually run them, use:
+```shell
+pre-commit run -a
+```