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Protobuf Ecosystem

The Protocol Buffers ecosystem stretches far beyond Google's official compiler. Below is an interactive explorer showcasing the most popular tools, plugins, and serialization libraries used by developers to compile, lint, format, validate, and transport Protobuf messages. Missing a tool or library? Submit a project to help grow the registry.

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SwingME Protobuf

Compact Java ME library for parsing and serializing Protocol Buffers on resource-constrained devices.

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41.5k
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Apache Dubbo

BY apache

Microservices framework from Alibaba whose Triple protocol uses HTTP/2 and Protobuf for gRPC-compatible serialization.

apache/dubboWebsite
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40.0k
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Insomnia

BY Kong

API client supporting debugging, testing, and mocking of gRPC and Protobuf APIs.

Kong/insomniaWebsite
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k6

BY grafana

Open-source performance testing tool from Grafana that load-tests gRPC services using custom JavaScript scenarios.

grafana/k6Website
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28.8k
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Envoy

BY envoyproxy

Edge and service proxy with built-in support for routing, translating, and observing gRPC/Protobuf traffic.

envoyproxy/envoyWebsite
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25.9k
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Kratos

BY go-kratos

Go microservices framework built on Protobuf and gRPC.

go-kratos/kratosWebsite
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23.0k
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grpc-go

BY grpc

Official Go implementation of gRPC, including the protoc-gen-go-grpc code generator plugin.

grpc/grpc-goWebsite
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17.6k
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Apache brpc

BY apache

C++ RPC framework from Baidu optimized for high concurrency and low latency, used in large-scale service deployments.

apache/brpcWebsite
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12.8k
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grpcurl

BY fullstorydev

Command-line tool for interacting with gRPC servers, similar to cURL.

fullstorydev/grpcurl
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12.4k
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Tonic

BY hyperium

gRPC client and server implementation for Rust, built on Hyper, Tokio, and Prost.

hyperium/tonic
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12.1k
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grpc-java

BY grpc

Official Java implementation of gRPC, including the protoc-gen-grpc-java code generator plugin.

grpc/grpc-javaWebsite
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9.7k
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Wireshark

BY wireshark

Network packet sniffer with built-in Protocol Buffers and gRPC dissectors for inspecting messages on the wire.

wireshark/wiresharkWebsite
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