Try an alternative flatbuffer compiler

Signed-off-by: Adam Gutglick <adam@spiraldb.com>

Author: AdamGS

.github/actions/setup-flatc/action.yml

@@ -881,6 +881,7 @@ jobs:
         run: rustup toolchain install $NIGHTLY_TOOLCHAIN
       - name: "regenerate all .fbs/.proto Rust code"
         run: |
+          cargo install planus-cli --locked
           cargo xtask generate-fbs
           cargo xtask generate-proto
       - name: "regenerate FFI header file"

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ divan = { package = "codspeed-divan-compat", version = "4.0.4" }
 enum-iterator = "2.0.0"
 env_logger = "0.11"
 fastlanes = "0.5"
-flatbuffers = "25.2.10"
 fsst-rs = "0.5.5"
 futures = { version = "0.3.31", default-features = false }
 fuzzy-matcher = "0.3"
@@ -187,6 +186,7 @@ parquet = "58"
 paste = "1.0.15"
 pco = "1.0.1"
 pin-project-lite = "0.2.15"
+planus = "1.3.0"
 primitive-types = { version = "0.14.0" }
 proc-macro2 = "1.0.95"
 prost = "0.14"

Cargo.lock

@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ vx browse <file>
 
 ```bash
 # Optional but recommended dependencies
-brew install flatbuffers protobuf  # For .fbs and .proto files
-brew install duckdb               # For benchmarks
+brew install protobuf  # For .proto files
+brew install duckdb    # For benchmarks
 
 # Install Rust toolchain
 curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

Cargo.toml

@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ bytes = { workspace = true }
 cfg-if = { workspace = true }
 cudarc = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 enum-iterator = { workspace = true }
-flatbuffers = { workspace = true }
 futures = { workspace = true, features = ["alloc", "async-await", "std"] }
 getrandom_v03 = { workspace = true }
 goldenfile = { workspace = true, optional = true }