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About Tunnel Rat

Some quick bits about the who, what, and how behind the app.

SwiftProtobuf

Apple Inc.

Apple’s Swift implementation of Protocol Buffers, Google’s compact binary serialization format. Tunnel Rat uses it to decode the MTA’s real-time GTFS-RT feeds into live arrival and service data.

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GRDB.swift

Gwendal Roue

A toolkit for working with SQLite databases in Swift. Tunnel Rat uses it to store and query subway schedule and station data locally, so the app stays fast and works without a constant network connection.

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