gRPC Proto Loader
Load and parse .proto files for gRPC service definitions.
HTTP servers and APIs npm Apache-2.0
How gRPC Proto Loader is used
gRPC Proto Loader is a dependency in 1 of the 6,208 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned, too few to describe it from them alone. Our scan also samples projects by dependency (Solana 2,661, Ethereum and EVM 1,496, 3D and games 2,818, agent frameworks and SDKs 10,983); counting those, it appears in 26 projects, and what it is used with below comes from all of them. Projects that use it most often also use gRPC for Node.js (100.0%), Axios (84.6%), ws (84.6%).
gRPC Proto Loader popularity over time
Gid Score 61: downloads 99, use in agent projects 31, GitHub stars 38, downloads trend 61 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with gRPC Proto Loader
| gRPC for Node.js | 100.0% of gRPC Proto Loader projects · 6208.0× more than average |
|---|---|
| Axios | 84.6% of gRPC Proto Loader projects · 11.1× more than average |
| ws | 84.6% of gRPC Proto Loader projects · 26.9× more than average |
| dotenv | 80.8% of gRPC Proto Loader projects · 5.2× more than average |
| OpenAI | 73.1% of gRPC Proto Loader projects · 16.0× more than average |
| Sharp | 73.1% of gRPC Proto Loader projects · 15.5× more than average |
| uuid | 73.1% of gRPC Proto Loader projects · 15.5× more than average |
| Anthropic SDK | 69.2% of gRPC Proto Loader projects · 18.5× more than average |
From all 26 projects in our scan that use gRPC Proto Loader, including the dependency samples.
Install
| Package | npm install @grpc/proto-loader |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (24), Next.js (2) |
| Example projects | nirholas/three.ws, royisme/pikabaka, clpzbug/clpzcode, Marwan78888/Neuron-Cli, lvandeyar/solana-yellowstone-grpc-example |
Alternatives to gRPC Proto Loader
In our scan, none of the most used tools in HTTP servers and APIs does the same job as gRPC Proto Loader: they are add-ons, companions or tools for a different task.
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