@bufbuild/protobuf

This package provides the runtime library for the code generator plugin protoc-gen-es.

Protocol Buffers for ECMAScript

A complete implementation of Protocol Buffers in TypeScript, suitable for web browsers and Node.js.

Protobuf-ES is intended to be a solid, modern alternative to existing Protobuf implementations for the JavaScript ecosystem. It is the first project in this space to provide a comprehensive plugin framework and decouple the base types from RPC functionality.

Some additional features that set it apart from the others:

• ECMAScript module support
• First-class TypeScript support
• Generation of idiomatic JavaScript and TypeScript code.
• Generation of much smaller bundles
• Implementation of all proto3 features, including the canonical JSON format.
• Implementation of all proto2 features, except for extensions and the text format.
• Usage of standard JavaScript APIs instead of the Closure Library
• Compatibility is covered by the protocol buffers conformance tests.
• Descriptor and reflection support

Installation

npm install @bufbuild/protobuf

Documentation

To learn how to work with @bufbuild/protobuf check out the docs for the Runtime API and the generated code.

Official documentation for the Protobuf-ES project can be found at github.com/bufbuild/protobuf-es.

For more information on Buf, check out the official Buf documentation.

Examples

A complete code example can be found in the Protobuf-ES repo here.