# Pluggable SerDes

Also see [Building your own pluggable SerDe](/configuration/serialization-serde/pluggable-serdes/building-your-own-pluggable-serde.md)

## Official non-built-in SerDes

These SerDes are developed and maintained by kafbat, providing the original quality and support.

* [kafka-smile-serde](https://github.com/kafbat/ui-serde-smile)
* [kafka-glue-sr-serde](https://github.com/kafbat/ui-serde-glue/)

## Third-party non-built-in SerDes

These SerDes are developed and maintained by third parties; kafbat doesn't provide any support or warranties for these SerDes.&#x20;

* [HurSungYun/kafbat-ui-serde-protobuf-descriptor](https://github.com/HurSungYun/kafbat-ui-serde-protobuf-descriptor)


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