Top 11 TypeScript Protobuf Projects

typia

65 4,129 9.5 TypeScript

Super-fast/easy runtime validations and serializations through transformation

Project mention: I made Swagger/OpenAPI type definitions and converter library | dev.to | 2024-04-30

However, lacking of typia and nestia libraries is obvious. If you also need detailed Swagger/OpenAPI spec like me, but you need more detailed types/properties, or found something missed, please take a contribution.

ts-proto

8 1,967 9.0 TypeScript

An idiomatic protobuf generator for TypeScript
SurveyJS

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Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.
tsrpc

2 1,767 4.4 TypeScript

A TypeScript RPC framework, with runtime type checking and serialization, support both HTTP and WebSocket. It is very suitable for website / APP / games, and absolutely comfortable to full-stack TypeScript developers.

Project mention: Tsrpc: A TypeScript RPC Framework | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-09-02

connect-es

15 1,233 9.0 TypeScript

The TypeScript implementation of Connect: Protobuf RPC that works.

Project mention: Why, after 6 years, I'm over GraphQL | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-05-30

https://connectrpc.com
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protobuf-ts

13 969 6.5 TypeScript

Protobuf and RPC for TypeScript

Project mention: tRPC – Move Fast and Break Nothing. End-to-end typesafe APIs made easy | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-08-12

DX for front or back end? The beauty of tRPC is that the types are derived/inferred from the backend runtime code (like, as you type). It would be nigh impossible to do that with grpc(-web) using proto files as the source of truth.
It's possible there's a project out there which could automatically produce proto files from something like zod, json-schema, etc. which could be directly interpreted by TS to provide similar (as you type) DX while still allowing some other language backend to consume the derived proto files (though the DX there would be less than ideal).
If you're just looking for similar TS clients/interfaces for grpc-web then I'd recommend https://github.com/timostamm/protobuf-ts which operates on plain JS objects (no new MyMessage().serialize(), instead the code generator mostly produces TS interfaces for you to work against: const myMessage: MyMessage = pojoConformingToInterface; const binary = MyMessage.toBinary(myMessage);)

protobuf-es

7 958 9.2 TypeScript

Protocol Buffers for ECMAScript. The only JavaScript Protobuf library that is fully-compliant with Protobuf conformance tests.
pbkit

1 293 7.6 TypeScript

Protobuf toolkit for modern web development

Project mention: Need help to set up the pbkit language server | /r/neovim | 2023-09-21

I am trying to set up the pbkit language server for protobuf files. Since it is not part of the nvim-lspconfig repo's server configurations, I have to figure the way out myself. It doesn't seem to be too difficult, as I can start from the bufls configuration there. The following is what I have at the moment:

InfluxDB

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Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.
json-to-proto.github.io

0 246 4.1 TypeScript

convert JSON to Protocol Buffers online in your browser instantly
openpgp-mobile

2 23 5.2 TypeScript

Native code used in react-native-fast-openpgp and flutter-openpgp
protobuf-project

3 16 8.1 TypeScript

Protobuf with Go import paths for Go and TypeScript: project boilerplate w/ Makefile. Supports grpc, vtprotobuf, drpc, ts-proto, twirp, starpc.
deno-pbf

1 4 0.0 TypeScript

Deno pbf port of https://github.com/mapbox/pbf

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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Index

What are some of the best open-source Protobuf projects in TypeScript? This list will help you:

	Project	Stars
1	typia	4,129
2	ts-proto	1,967
3	tsrpc	1,767
4	connect-es	1,233
5	protobuf-ts	969
6	protobuf-es	958
7	pbkit	293
8	json-to-proto.github.io	246
9	openpgp-mobile	23
10	protobuf-project	16
11	deno-pbf	4