bufbuild/buf
The best way of working with Protocol Buffers.
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Where it stands
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3 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 15 days ago, with 93 contributors on GitHub.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a CLI toolset for managing Protocol Buffers including linting, breaking change detection, generation, formatting, and schema registry integration.
- Ensures reliable, fast, and consistent Protobuf API development with advanced features like automatic file discovery and fine-grained rule configuration.
- Use for enforcing API design standards and detecting breaking changes in Protobuf schemas during development.
- Use for integrating Protobuf schema management and versioning with the Buf Schema Registry in CI/CD pipelines.
- Use for generating code from Protobuf definitions with customizable plugin configurations and formatting Protobuf files to industry standards.
Should you depend on it?
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License
Apache 2.0
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.
Community files
- README: present
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About buf
The best way of working with Protocol Buffers.
https://buf.buildDaily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
Forks
372+6
Open issues
56-6
Compared with peers in API
Fastest-growing repositories GStars tracks in this cohort for the week of Nov 8, by 7-day star growth
| Repository | Stars | +7d | Health | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| anthropics/claude-quickstarts | 20.5K | +733 | 75 | — |
| vxcontrol/pentagi | 33.9K | +719 | 75 | 36 days ago |
| N4darae/shrt | 2.6K | +529 | 8 | — |
| agentgateway/agentgateway | 6.1K | +187 | 75 | 14 days ago |
| bufbuild/buf | 11.5K | — | 54 | 15 days ago |
| BenedictKing/ccx | 4.0K | — | 32 | 117 days ago |
| Category median | 6.1K | +624 | 75 | — |
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