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awesome-grpc

A curated list of useful resources for gRPC
https://github.com/grpc-ecosystem/awesome-grpc

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Documentation
- Website - Official documentation, libraries, resources, samples and FAQ
- Technical documentation - Collection of useful technical documentation
- gRPC status codes - Status codes and their use in gRPC
- gRPC status code mapping - HTTP to gRPC Status Code Mapping
- grpc-errors - Code examples in each language on how to return and handle error statuses.
Community
- Community links - Mailing list, Gitter, Twitter, Reddit
Official Libraries and Tools
- gRPC Ecosystem - gRPC Ecosystem that complements gRPC
- grpc_cli - gRPC CLI tool
- gRPC Core - C, C++, Ruby, Node.js, Python, PHP, C#, Objective-C
- gRPC Java - The Java gRPC implementation. HTTP/2 based RPC
- gRPC Kotlin - The Kotlin gRPC implementation. Based on gRPC Java
- gRPC Node.js - gRPC for Node.js
- gRPC Go - The Go language implementation of gRPC. HTTP/2 based RPC
- gRPC Swift - The Swift language implementation of gRPC
- gRPC Dart - The Dart language implementation of gRPC
- gRPC C# - The C# language implementation of gRPC
- gRPC Web - gRPC for Web Clients
- gRPC contrib - Known useful contributions around github
Tools
- CLI
  - httpyac - a command line client for executing integration tests for all kinds of requests (gRPC, HTTP, MQTT, Websocket).
  - sylk - A gRPC framework for building projects in __Python__, __Typescript__ / __NodeJS__ and __Go__ from a simple CLI and powerful `Beta` UI platform
  - polyglot - A gRPC command line client written in Java
  - grpcc - Node.js grpc command-line client
  - gcall - Simple Node.js gRPC command line interface
  - Evans - more expressive universal gRPC (CLI) client
  - grpcurl - Like cURL, but for gRPC: Command-line tool for interacting with gRPC servers
  - protodot - Transforming your .proto files into .dot files (and .svg, .png if you happen to have graphviz installed)
  - grpc-client-cli - interactive gRPC client
  - proto2asciidoc - Generate AsciiDoc documentation from a .proto file
  - proto-to-postman - Create postman API import collection from .proto files
  - gWhisper - Client with interactive tab-completion (uses reflection) and human readable format
  - grpcdebug - Debugs serving gRPC applications with tools like channel trace info, xDS config dump, and health checking
  - grpcmd - A simple, easy-to-use, and developer-friendly CLI tool for gRPC.
  - sylk - A gRPC framework for building projects in __Python__, __Typescript__ / __NodeJS__ and __Go__ from a simple CLI and powerful `Beta` UI platform
- GUI
  - vscode-httpyac - A VSCode extension which supports sending all kinds of requests (gRPC, HTTP, MQTT, Websocket)
  - Kreya - A gRPC and gRPC-web client supporting environments, templating, authentication schemes and file based syncing.
  - Fint - Create, run, manage performance tests and functional tests cases for gRPC service in a single (commercial) tool
  - Protocall - A browser-based gRPC & protobuf API client. Integrates with Github and automatically resolves all proto imports with no manual configuration.
  - Grip - Native macOS client for interacting with gRPC services
  - letmegrpc - Generate a web form gui from a grpc specification
  - omgRPC - A GUI client for interacting with gRPC services, similar to what Postman is for REST APIs
  - BloomRPC - A nice and simple GUI Client. Exploring and interacting with gRPC and gRPC-web services has never been simpler, Inspired By GraphQL-Playground and Postman
  - gRPCox - Like Postman, but for gRPC. web based GUI Client for gRPC, extremely easy to use.
  - Milkman - Extensible alternative to Postman for crafting all kinds of requests, not only for gRPC, also http, sql etc.
  - MuninRPC - Protobuf request and response testing application under the gRPC system.
  - Delivery - A simple electron app for gRPC that uses gRPCurl to autodetect all endpoints/methods and their request bodies, just modify the JSON body. Simplicity in mind.
  - (Yodelay.io) - A browser GUI Making sure your outbound 🗣️ ‘yodelay’ returns the ‘IiiOoo’ 📣 that you expect.
  - Wombat - A cross platform gRPC client. Auto-generates input fields from your proto files or the gRPC reflection API. Not another Electron app - built with Qt and Go.
  - Plumber - Another one GUI for GRPC requests (reflection only)
  - ezy - 🔥 Fully-featured GUI client for gRPC/gRPC-Web.
  - Warthog - A cross platform gRPC client. Input generation for all types, including nested and looped messages. Saving requests and servers.
  - ptg - GUI gRPC client, it is also a performance testing tool.
  - Fint - Create, run, manage performance tests and functional tests cases for gRPC service in a single (commercial) tool
- Testing
  - karate-grpc - Example of using [Karate](https://github.com/karatelabs/karate) to integrate and test gRPC.
  - nosymouse - Saas tool to functional, perfomance and secure testing gRPC
  - strest-grpc - A load tester for stress testing grpc intermediaries.
  - ghz - Simple gRPC benchmarking and load testing tool inspired by hey and grpcurl.
  - gatling-grpc - A [Gatling](http://gatling.io/) stress test plugin for gRPC.
  - hazana - A Go package for creating load test tooling. Supports gRPC.
  - fortio - A microservices (http, grpc) load testing library and tool from Istio project.
  - grpc-swagger - Debugging gRPC application with swagger-ui.
  - grpc-tools - A suite of gRPC debugging tools. Like Fiddler/Charles but for gRPC.
  - jmeter-grpc-plugin - A plugin supports load test gRPC service with Jmeter.
  - camouflage - Camouflage is a backend mocking tool for HTTP, gRPC and Websockets protocols.
  - Mediator - Cross-platform GUI gRPC debugging proxy like charles but design for gRPC.
  - grpc_bench - A suite of gRPC benchmarks for different technologies.
  - grpcdump - Tool for capture and decode GRPC messages from ethernet traffic only for Linux
  - Step CI - Open-Source API Testing and Monitoring (now with gRPC support!)
  - Microcks - A [Cloud Native Computing Sandbox project](https://landscape.cncf.io/?selected=microcks) 🚀 dedicated to API Mocking and Testing ([gRPC supported](https://microcks.io/documentation/using/grpc/))
- Other
  - kafka-pixy - gRPC/REST proxy for Kafka
  - ProfaneDB - A Protocol Buffers database with gRPC API, built in C++ on top of RocksDB
  - danby - A grpc proxy for the browser
  - docker-protoc - Dockerized protoc, grpc-gateway, and grpc_cli commands bundled with Google API libraries
  - grpc-json-proxy - A proxy which allows existing tools like Postman or curl to interact with gRPC servers
  - protoc-gen-gotemplate - Generic generator based on golang's template system
  - grpc-http-proxy - A reverse proxy server which translate JSON HTTP requests to gRPC calls based on protoreflect
  - grpc-mate - A dynamic proxy server that translates JSON HTTP requests into gRPC calls
  - jawlb - An unsophisticated grpclb load balancer implementation for Kubernetes and gRPC
  - protoc-gen-hbs - Fast and easy protobuf generation with handlebars and some helpers
  - grpcson - An easy to use proxy which translates JSON HTTP requests to gRPC calls with web ui
  - rk-grpc - Middleware and bootstrapper library for gRPC with logging, metrics, auth, tracing etc.
  - PropaneDB - A Protocol Buffers database with gRPC API and Golang driver.
  - APISIX - An api gateway that supports gRPC, HTTP(s) to gRPC and gRPC web request proxying.
  - Zilla - An API gateway built for event-driven architectures and streaming that supports standard protocols such as HTTP, SSE, gRPC, MQTT and the native Kafka protocol.
  - grpc-pentest-suite - A collection of tools for pentesting gRPC-Web, including a Burp Suite extension for manipulating gRPC-Web payloads.
Language-Specific
- Go
  - go-GRPC Micro - [Micro](https://github.com/micro) based gRPC framework for microservices
  - go-kit gRPC - [Go Kit](https://github.com/go-kit) with gRPC as transport
  - grpcui - Embed a gRPC web UI into a Go gRPC/HTTP server
  - protoc-gen-cobra - Command line tool generator for Go gRPC
  - gRPC over NATS - nRPC is an RPC framework like gRPC, but for NATS.
  - grpc-web - gRPC Web implementation for Golang and TypeScript
  - grpc-web-devtools - Chrome Browser extension to aid gRPC-Web development
  - rpcx - A RPC service framework based on net/rpc like alibaba Dubbo and weibo Motan
  - grpclb - External Load Balancing Service solution for gRPC written in Go
  - go-microservice-helpers - A collection of handy snippets that simplify creation of gRPC servers and clients
  - lile - Easily create gRPC services in Go
  - proteus - Generate .proto files from Go source code
  - gRPC over WebSocket - connect to a gRPC Server behind a firewall by using a pre-established WebSocket connection
  - yarpc - A message passing platform for Go, including support for gRPC
  - promgrpc - Prometheus instrumentation for gRPC based services
  - protoreflect - Reflection (Rich Descriptors) for Go Protocol Buffers
  - grpchan - Channels for gRPC: custom transports, such as in-process and HTTP 1.1
  - clay - Minimal server platform for gRPС+REST+Swagger APIs
  - grpc-consul-resolver - Easy to use endpoints resolver for the services registered in the [Consul](https://www.consul.io/)
  - kuberesolver - gRPC Load Balancer with Kubernetes resolver
  - ttrpc - GRPC for low-memory environments
  - grapi - 😮 A surprisingly easy API server and generator in gRPC and Go
  - gripmock - gRPC Mock Server
  - grpc-gateway-boilerplate - All the boilerplate you need to get started with writing grpc-gateway powered REST services in Go
  - cmux - Connection multiplexer for GoLang: serve different services on the same port! Supports gRPC.
  - go-grpc-channelz - A channelz UI for Golang. Channelz is an approved and already implemented proposal describing the inner state of gRPC connections/channels. go-grpc-channelz provides a simple UI for channelz for easy diagnosis.
  - goprotoc - Library for writing protoc plugins in Go; also includes a pure-Go protoc replacement.
  - gRPC for production - A Golang project that provides the core requirements for a production-ready gRPC communication.
  - protoc-gen-mock - A protoc plugin to generate gRPC mock services from proto definitions in Golang
  - Pike
  - Mortar - GO framework for building gRPC (and REST) web services with DI, Telemetry and more
  - sqlc-grpc - Generate gRPC/HTTP server (with metrics, tracing, swagger and grpcui) from SQL
  - protoc-gen-fieldmask - A protoc plugin that generates fieldmask paths as static type properties of proto messages
  - grpc-proxy - gRPC proxy is a Go reverse proxy that allows for rich routing of gRPC calls with minimum overhead
- Node.js
  - grpc-web-gateway
  - Mali - A minimalistic gRPC microservice framework for Node.js
  - grpc-host-builder - Lightweight library for building gRPC services with server side interceptors support
  - grpc-caller - An improved Node.js gRPC client
  - grpc-create-metadata - Helper utility for creating gRPC `Metadata`
  - grpc-create-error - Utility function for creating `Errors` for gRPC responses
  - grpc-error - `GRPCError` class that wraps `create-grpc-error`
  - grpc-inspect - gRPC protocol buffer inspection utility
  - Node.js Proto Files - All of the Google API's protocol buffer files
  - grpc-bus - Call gRPC services (even streams!) from the browser over any two-way socket to Node and soon Go
  - grpc-errors - A quick and easy way of generating errors for use with grpc
  - grpc-dynamic-gateway - Like grpc-gateway, but written in node and dynamic.
  - node-protoc-plugin - Create protoc code-generation plugins easily in nodejs.
  - grpc-promise - GRPC promisify module for all Request/Response types: standard and stream
  - firecomm - Feature library for gRPC-Node
  - grpc-reflection-js
- Java
  - hoverfly-java-grpc - MITM proxy for recording and simulating gRPC services
  - gax-java - Google API Extensions for Java
  - Armeria - Asynchronous RPC/REST library built on top of Java 8, Netty, HTTP/2, Thrift and gRPC
  - grpc-spring-boot-starter - Spring Boot starter module for gRPC framework
  - grpc-spring-boot-starter
  - reactive-grpc - Integrates reactive programming with grpc-java
  - grpc-java-contrib - Useful extensions for the grpc-java library
  - rejoiner - Generates a GraphQL schema from gRPC microservices
  - grpcmock - A gRPC Java testing tool to easily mock endpoints of gRPC services for IT or Unit testing
  - protoc-gen-java-optional - A Java Protoc plugin extending generated java classes with null safe `setOrClear` and `getOptional` methods.
- C#
  - MagicOnion - gRPC based HTTP/2 RPC Streaming Framework for .NET, .NET Core and Unity
  - Grpc.Tools - gRPC and Protocol Buffer compiler for managed C# and native C++ projects. See [Introduction to gRPC on .NET Core](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/aspnet/core/grpc/?view=aspnetcore-3.0) tutorial.
  - MagicOnion - gRPC based HTTP/2 RPC Streaming Framework for .NET, .NET Core and Unity
  - GrpcBrowser - a web UI for interactively debugging all types of gRPC endpoints
- Elixir
  - grpc-elixir - The Elixir implementation of gRPC
  - grpc-elixir - The Elixir implementation of gRPC
- TypeScript
  - protoc-gen-tstypes - Configurable Protoc Plugin to generate TypeScript types.
  - ts-protoc-gen - Protoc Plugin for TypeScript Declarations
  - sisyphus.js - gRPC runtime and compiler for Web Clients by HTTP transcoding. Recommend using with [Sisyphus](https://github.com/ButterCam/sisyphus) back-end framework.
  - protoc-gen-grpc-gateway-ts - TypeScript client generator for the grpc-gateway project that generates idiomatic TypeScript clients that connect the web frontend and golang backend fronted by grpc-gateway.
  - protobuf-ts - Protoc plugin and runtime for TypeScript. Generates gRPC server/client for Node.js, gRPC-Web/Twirp clients for browser, uses Fetch API.
  - ts-proto - Transforms your .proto files into strongly-typed, idiomatic TypeScript files!
  - grpc-js-typescript - Examples of how to use gRPC with TypeScript & Node.js.
  - nice-grpc - gRPC library for Node.js and the Browser with modern API and middleware support.
- Scala
  - ScalaPB - Protocol Buffer Compiler for Scala
  - Akka-gRPC - Akka gRPC provides support for building streaming gRPC servers and clients on top of Akka Streams.
  - Mu - Mu RPC is a purely functional library for building RPC endpoint-based services with support for gRPC and HTTP/2
- Dart
  - grpc-dart - Protocol Buffer Compiler for Dart
- Ruby
  - gruf - gRPC Ruby Framework
  - gapic-generator-ruby - Generates Ruby gRPC client libraries from protocol buffer definitions of an API.
- Python
  - Bali - Simplify Cloud Native Microservices development base on FastAPI and gRPC.
  - grpclib - Pure-Python gRPC implementation, based on hyper-h2 project
  - pytest-grpc - pytest plugin which allow test gRPC services
  - grpcalchemy - The Python micro framework for building gPRC application
  - django-grpc - Django application to build gRPC services with access to ORM, settings and everything else
  - garuda - Automagically Exposing Django ORM over gRPC for microservices written in any other languages
  - django-grpc-framework - A gRPC toolkit for Django inspired by djangorestframework
  - grpc_requests - GRPC for Humans! grpc reflection support client. you can request grpc just like REST(No need Stub!)
  - betterproto - More pythonic gRPC based on grpclib and dataclasses
- Rust
  - grpc-rs - The gRPC library for Rust built on C Core library and futures
  - grpc-rust - Rust implementation of gRPC
  - tower-grpc - A client and server gRPC implementation based on Tower
  - tonic - A native gRPC client & server implementation with async/await support
- Haskell
  - grpc-haskell - gRPC library binding for Haskell
- Erlang
  - Erlang grpc - Erlang library for gRPC
  - grpcbox - Erlang grpc client and server
  - bert - Erlang Google Protobuf V3 generator from HRL files
- Elm
  - elm-protobuf - Protoc plugin generating elm code from proto definitions
- Kotlin
  - kroto-plus - gRPC Coroutines Integration and Protobuf message DSL support
  - grpc-kotlin - A protoc plugin for generating native Kotlin bindings using coroutine primitives for gRPC services
  - gapic-generator-kotlin - Generates coroutine-based gRPC Kotlin client libraries from a protocol buffer description of an API
  - grpc-kapt - Annotation driven gRPC clients & servers in Kotlin with coroutines
  - sisyphus - Modern gRPC back-end development framework based on Kotlin/Spring Boot with Message DSL/[HTTP transcoding](https://aip.bybutter.com/127)/[Google AIP](https://aip.bybutter.com) support.
- Perl
  - grpc-perl - Experimental Perl gRPC library supporting grpc client
- C++
  - QtProtobuf - gRPC and Protobuf generator and bindings for the Qt framework
  - asio-grpc - Asynchronous gRPC with [Boost.Asio](https://github.com/boostorg/asio) or [libunifex](https://github.com/facebookexperimental/libunifex)
- Ballerina
  - Ballerina gRPC - Ballerina library for gRPC
  - Ballerina gRPC CLI - Ballerina gRPC CLI tool
Resources
- Tutorials
  - Getting Started with Microservices using Go, gRPC and Kubernetes
  - gRPC Go: Beyond the basics - GopherAcademy article
  - Building High Performance APIs In Go Using gRPC - Small tutorial on building a simple API using gRPC and Go
  - Bidirectional gRPC streaming for Go
  - How We Build gRPC Services At Namely - Blog article from Namely Labs
  - Our experience designing and building gRPC services - Blog series from Bugsnag on building a new Releases dashboard backend using gRPC
  - Writing gRPC Interceptors in Go - A simple tutorial on gRPC Interceptors
  - An introduction to gRPC
  - How we use gRPC to build a client/server system in Go - A technical presentation on how to use gRPC (and Protobuf) to build a robust client/server system
  - Serving gRPC and HTTP services on the same port - Small tutorial on how to serve http and gRPC on same port in Go
  - Take a REST with HTTP/2, Protobufs, and Swagger - Small tutorial on how to serve http and gRPC on same port in Go
  - OpenCensus for Go gRPC developers - Tutorial on how to use OpenCensus with gRPC and Go. Also available for [Java](https://medium.com/@orijtech/opencensus-for-java-grpc-developers-23c25de0a057) and [Python](https://medium.com/@orijtech/opencensus-for-python-grpc-developers-9e460e054395).
  - How to develop Go gRPC microservice with HTTP/REST endpoint, middleware, Kubernetes deployment, etc - A series of blog posts for gRPC development using Go. [Source code](https://github.com/amsokol/go-grpc-http-rest-microservice-tutorial).
  - GopherJS Client and gRPC Server - A guide to implementing a GopherJS frontend to a gRPC backend exposed over HTTP via the gRPC-gateway. Also available [related gRPC-Web with GopherJS tutorial](https://jbrandhorst.com/post/gopherjs-grpcweb/).
  - The G-Unit Stack: Go, GraphQL, and gRPC - A blog post and tutorial on using Go, GraphQL and gRPC. Associated [repo](https://github.com/iheanyi/go-grpc-graphql-simple-example).
  - Envoy, gRPC, and Rate Limiting - A tutorial on using gRPC and Envoy to build a rate limit service - [Venil Noronha](https://venilnoronha.io), VMware Open Source Technology Center
  - Seamless Cloud-Native Apps with gRPC-Web and Istio - A tutorial on building a Cloud-Native web app using gRPC-Web and Istio - [Venil Noronha](https://venilnoronha.io), VMware Open Source Technology Center
  - Backward and Forward Compatibility, Protobuf Versioning, Serialization - A small article on making gRPC API changes
  - Node, gRPC, and Postgres - This tutorial looks at how to implement an API with Node, gRPC, and Postgres.
  - Building High Performance APIs In Go Using gRPC And Protocol Buffers - An introductory gRPC Go tutorial.
  - Understanding gRPC - An introductory gRPC tutorial with example application in Go.
  - Part 1: Demystifying gRPC - A simple gRPC service with context cancelation and secure connection over SSL/TLS.
  - Part 2: Demystifying gRPC - Extend the service with gRPC streaming and Python backend.
  - Part 3: Demystifying gRPC - Add Unary and Stream gRPC Interceptors to a service and provide REST endpoints with grpc-gateway.
  - gRPC in Microservices - Tutorial on using gRPC in microservice architetures.
  - gRPC and Protobuffer API Documentation with proto2asciidoc and code2asciidoc - Tutorial on generating AsciiDoc documentation from a .proto file, includes a small gRPC demo project too.
  - gRPC in Go - A detailed tutorial for play gRPC with Go.
  - gRPC: Top 6 Things that Bite Newbies - A review of stumbling blocks for those moving to gRPC for the first time.
  - A beginners guide to gRPC with Rust
  - Writing a gRPC service with Ballerina - Getting started guide on building a simple gRPC service with Ballerina and invoking the service through a Ballerina gRPC client application.
  - gRPC-web: Using gRPC in Your Front-End Application - A tutorial on using gRPC-web in a frontend application.
  - Load balancing gRPC in Kubernetes with a service mesh - Explains issues load balancing gRPC, then employs a service mesh (istio) to L7 load balance a gRPC service in Kubernetes.
  - RPC Adoption and Working Architecture - Overview of gRPC and comparison with REST and WebSockets.
  - gRPC in Production
  - Writing gRPC Interceptors in Go - A simple tutorial on gRPC Interceptors
- Videos
  - gRPC: Google's high-performance, open-source RPC framework - GothamGo 2015 by Sameer Ajmani
  - Introduction to gRPC: A general RPC framework that puts mobile and HTTP/2 first - Devoxx by Mete Atamel
  - gRPC: The Story of Microservices at Square - Apigee webcast
  - Scalable Realtime Microservices with Kubernetes and gRPC - Mark Mandel @ Google
  - Text to Speech server with gRPC and Kubernetes - justforfunc #12
  - GRPC Microservices 101 - Google Developer Group Washington by Ray Tsang
  - Efficient Microservices w/ Binary Protocol - gRPC 101 - By Ray Tsang
  - grpc: From Tutorial to Production - GopherCon 2017 by Alan Shreve
  - Scalable Microservices with gRPC, Kubernetes, and Docker - Node Interactive 2016 by Sandeep Dinesh
  - Building Microservices w/gRPC & Kubernetes - Philly ETE 2016 #49 by Kelsey Hightower
  - Building high performance microservices with Kubernetes, Go, and gRPC - Google Cloud Next '17 by Andrew Jessup
  - Modifying gRPC Services Over Time - Eric Anderson, Google at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2017 - Austin
  - Next Generation Services at Indeed Using gRPC - Jaye Pitzeruse, Indeed.com at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon 2017 - Austin
  - Generating Unified APIs with Protocol Buffers and gRPC - A video on Protocol Buffers, gRPC and Envoy from Lyft.
  - Intro to gRPC: A Modern Toolkit for Microservice Communication - A video from Twilio's Signal Conference
  - gRPC and Go: Developing Efficient and Type-Safe Services
  - Best Practices for (Go) gRPC Services
  - Creating GopherJS Apps with gRPC-Web - At FOSDEM
  - justforfunc #31: gRPC Basics - JustForFunc: Programming in Go series Episode 31 covering gRPC
  - Efficient service communication with gRPC - Talk at microXchg 2018 Berlin
  - gRPC Java Course on Udemy - Online Course (4 hours) that walks through several examples and implementations of gRPC using the Java Language
  - HTTP and JSON for your gRPC Services - Michael Hamrah - from Full Stack Fest
  - Types All the Way Down — gRPC and Go Infrastructure at Lyft - Christopher Burnett at Istanbul Tech Talks
  - Using gRPC for Long-lived and Streaming RPCs - Eric Anderson, Google at KubeCon North America 2018
  - Intro: gRPC-Web - Stanley Cheung & Wenbo Zhu, Google at at KubeCon North America 2018
  - gRPC Loadbalancing on Kubernetes - Presentation at KubeCon Europe 2018. [Source](https://github.com/jtattermusch/grpc-loadbalancing-kubernetes-examples).
  - Putting gRPC in Practice - Presentation on working with gRPC.
  - The Story of Why We Migrate to gRPC and How We Go About It - Matthias Grüter, Spotify at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2019
  - Authentication and Security in gRPC Microservices - Jan Tattermusch, Google at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2019
  - JustFootball’s Journey to gRPC + Linkerd in Production - Ben Lambert, & Kevin Lingerfelt at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2019
  - gRPC load balancing and Service Mesh - Vishal Powar, Google at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2019
  - Adopting gRPC: Overcoming Team and Technical Hurdles - GOTO 2019 • Adopting gRPC: Overcoming Team and Technical Hurdles • Josh Humphries
  - Moving to gRPC Java - Mya Pitzeruse at Indeed.com
  - Building Microservices with Go - A series of tutorials for building microservices with Go, covers using gRPC ([source](https://github.com/nicholasjackson/building-microservices-youtube)).
  - Building a gRPC application in Ballerina - A Demo on how to build a gRPC application in Ballerina at gRPC Meetup
  - Building Microservices with Go - A series of tutorials for building microservices with Go, covers using gRPC ([source](https://github.com/nicholasjackson/building-microservices-youtube)).
  - Building a gRPC application in Ballerina - A Demo on how to build a gRPC application in Ballerina at gRPC Meetup
- Slides
  - gRPC Design and Implementation - April 2016 talk at Stanford by Varun Talwar
  - gRPC - boilerplate to high-performance scalable APIs - code.talks 2015 by Robert Kubis
  - HTTP2 and gRPC - A simple introduction about HTTP2 and gRPC by Xin Gong Chang
  - gRPC and Microservices - Overview of Google's open source microservices framework - gRPC, based on HTTP2 and protocol buffers. Presented at Golang Melbourne, June 2016 by Jonathan Gomez
  - gRPC and Microservices - Golang Melbourne - June 2016 Go Hack Night by Jonathan Gomez
  - Scalable Microservices with gRPC, Kubernetes, and Containers - DevFest Ukraine
  - OpenAPI and gRPC Side by-Side - APIStrat Conference -
  - Go+Microservices at Mercari - Taichi Nakashima at Go Conference 2017
  - gRPC - RPC rebirth? - Presentation about gRPC at the 23. NetPonto community meeting in Porto by Luís Barbosa
  - gRPC Overview - An overview at gRPC: Talk at Slack by
  - Go+Microservices at Mercari - Taichi Nakashima at Go Conference 2017
- Examples
  - Text to Speech server with gRPC and Kubernetes - justforfunc #12
  - Making a Multiplayer Game With Go and gRPC - gRPC game example in Go. [Source](https://github.com/mortenson/grpc-game-example).
  - Envoy proxy as an API gateway for gRPC microservice - A gRPC service in Go, built with Bazel and deployed into Kubernetes cluster with [Tilt](https://tilt.dev) and REST API enabled. [Source](https://github.com/ekhabarov/bazel-k8s-envoy)
  - gifinator - A sample application demonstrating Kubernetes, gRPC, Go and cute Gophers demoed at Google GCP Next 2017
  - Multiplayer Simon Says - A Game using gRPC and Kubernetes - Sample app with Go server and clients using Node.js (on Arduino and web), and Java (Android and CLI)
  - go-micro-services - An demonstration of Golang micro-services that expose a HTTP/JSON frontend and then leverages gRPC for inter-service communication
  - Streaming RPC's using gRPC - A quick demo of bi-directional streaming RPC's using grpc, Go and Python
  - gRPC Java Examples - A collection of useful/essential gRPC Java Examples
  - gRPC/OpenCensus Demo - Export metrics and traces from gRPC servers and clients using Java, Go and Prometheus
  - Colossus - An example multi-language gRPC microservice architecture built by Bazel and targeting Kubernetes
  - coolstore-microservices - A containerized polyglot gRPC microservices based on .NET Core, Nodejs and more running on Istio
  - gRPC Microservices with Go and Kubernetes - A sample application use gRPC in microservice and deploy in kubernetes.
  - Detailed examples for Go - A detailed gRPC example in Go.
  - Go gRPC features examples - A collection of gRPC and Go examples showcasing features of the framework
  - Hello gRPC - Simple server and client examples showcasing gRPC features(including proxy and propagate, running in containers and kubernetes) with Java/Kotlin/Go/NodeJs/Python/Rust/C++/C#.
  - GCP - Online Boutique application rewritten in Ballerina - Online Boutique application rewritten in Ballerina
  - gRPC Ballerina client Example - A collection of simple gRPC client examples written in Ballerina
- Miscellaneous
  - gRPC with Load Balancer or Proxy or on AWS - Various notes on doing gRPC behind a load balancer or proxy or on AWS
  - gRPC service upgrade, versioning - A short possibly useful discussion on gRPC service upgrade and versioning
  - Packaging Generated Code for gRPC Services - An article demonstrating a strategy on how to version and package gRPC libraries
  - Migrating APIs from REST to gRPC at WePay - A blog post on migrating from REST to gRPC
Protocol Buffers
- Documentation
  - Website - Official website and documentation
  - Third-Party Add-ons for Protocol Buffers - List of add-ons for Protocol Buffers in main github repository
- Tools
  - buf - Protobuf tool that includes linting and breaking change detection.
  - protoc-gen-validate - Protoc plugin to generate polyglot message validators
  - clang-format - Protocol Buffers formating tool
  - Visual studio code - protocol-buffer-editor).
  - GenDocu - gRPC Documentation and SDK generator as a Service.
  - protoc-gen-struct-transformer - Transformation functions generator for Protocol Buffers.
  - prototools - Documentation generator & other tools for protobuf/gRPC.
  - protoc-gen-apidocs - Documentation generator plugin for protobuf/gRPC.
  - protoc-gen-doc - Documentation generator plugin for Google Protocol Buffers
  - Protoxygen - [Doxygen](http://doxygen.nl) plugin to generate documentation for protobuf/gRPC
  - openapi2proto - A tool for generating Protobuf v3 schemas and gRPC service definitions from OpenAPI specifications
  - Wireshark Protobuf Dissector - A Wireshark Lua plugin for decoding Google protobuf packets. [Relevant PR and discussion](https://github.com/google/protobuf/issues/3303).
  - protoc-gen-lint - A plug-in for Google's Protocol Buffers (protobufs) compiler to lint .proto files for style violations
  - prototool - Compile, lint, and format Protobuf files, and generate stubs for any lanuguage/plugin, along with Vim/IDE integration
  - protoc-gen-validate - Protoc plugin to generate polyglot message validators
  - go-proto-validators - Generate message validators from .proto annotations, used in `grpc_validator` Go gRPC middleware.
  - protolock - Protocol Buffer companion tool to `protoc` and `git`. Track your .proto files and prevent changes to messages and services which impact API compatibilty.
  - protoc-gen-map - SQL data mapper framework for Protocol Buffers.
  - api-linter - A linter for APIs defined in protocol buffers.
  - pbvm - Protocol Buffers Version Manager
  - intellij-protobuf-plugin - IntelliJ-based IDEs Protobuf Language Plugin that provides Protobuf language support.
  - protolint - A pluggable linter and fixer to enforce Protocol Buffer style and conventions.
  - GenDocu - gRPC Documentation and SDK generator as a Service.
- Similar
  - MessagePack - It's like JSON, but fast and small
  - Thrift - Thrift is an interface definition language and binary communication protocol
  - Cap’n Proto - Think Protocol Buffers, except faster
  - FlatBuffers - An efficient cross platform serialization library
  - RSocket - Application protocol providing Reactive Streams semantics
  - gogoprotobuf - Fork of golang/protobuf with extra code generation features
  - TChannel - Network multiplexing and framing protocol for RPC
  - FlatBuffers - An efficient cross platform serialization library
- Package Managers
  - buffrs

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