# FIX SBE RC2 codecs

**URL:** <https://forum.fixtrading.org/t/fix-sbe-rc2-codecs/17590>\
**Category:** General Q&A\
**Tags:** simple-binary\
**Created:** [March 28, 2024, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.fixtrading.org/t/fix-sbe-rc2-codecs/17590 "2024-03-28T13:23:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![gabrieldumitru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@gabrieldumitru](https://forum.fixtrading.org/u/gabrieldumitru)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 1:23pm UTC](https://forum.fixtrading.org/t/fix-sbe-rc2-codecs/17590/1 "2024-03-28T13:23:20Z")

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Hello,

We’re facing some issues with customers that are struggling to take advantage of RC2 due to lack of RC2 codecs.  
Is anyone aware of any timescales to releasing RC2 codec?

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**Author:** ![gtcpm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@gtcpm](https://forum.fixtrading.org/u/gtcpm)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2024, 9:02am UTC](https://forum.fixtrading.org/t/fix-sbe-rc2-codecs/17590/2 "2024-03-29T09:02:58Z")

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@gabrieldumitru are you referring to software for encoding and decoding SBE messages? The SBE utilities made available by FIX in GitHub are [here](https://github.com/FIXTradingCommunity/fix-sbe-utilities). However, there is only a validator and only for SBE v1.0 messages.

There are a few GitHub projects that provide SBE encoders and decoders, e.g. [https://github.com/real-logic/simple-binary-encoding](https://github.com/real-logic/simple-binary-encoding). FIX encourages open-source projects from the user community for tools related to FIX Technical Standards.

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**Author:** ![gabrieldumitru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@gabrieldumitru](https://forum.fixtrading.org/u/gabrieldumitru)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2024, 11:34am UTC](https://forum.fixtrading.org/t/fix-sbe-rc2-codecs/17590/3 "2024-04-12T11:34:25Z")

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Hi @gtcpm

Yes, I was referring to software for encoding/decoding related to SBE v2 messages.

As I understand there is no plan for releasing a v2 RC2 decoder for the time being.  
Thank you for the response.

Regards,  
Gabriel

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**Author:** ![gtcpm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@gtcpm](https://forum.fixtrading.org/u/gtcpm)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2024, 1:20pm UTC](https://forum.fixtrading.org/t/fix-sbe-rc2-codecs/17590/4 "2024-04-23T13:20:31Z")

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Added to SBE discussions on GitHub: [https://github.com/FIXTradingCommunity/fix-simple-binary-encoding/discussions/164](https://github.com/FIXTradingCommunity/fix-simple-binary-encoding/discussions/164)