Buf Connect

Better gRPC.

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Console’s review

· Reviewed by David Mytton

What we like

Toolchain helps manage protobuf APIs. Single library provides full gRPC support, but also allows usage of gRPC compatible HTTP clients for both HTTP1 and HTTP2. Useful where non-HTTP clients don’t yet work, such as in WebAssembly or Edge runtimes. Can generate both client and server SDKs. Drop-in OpenTelemetry.

Tradeoffs

Docs have no search. Some clients still in beta e.g. Node.

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