Protobuf on easy mode

Humans and LLMs do better with structure. Protobuf is the industry's best answer, and Buf leads the way.

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Manage the shape of your data

Buf Schema Registry

Schema distribution, discovery, and documentation

Buf CLI

Your one-stop shop for local Protobuf development

Generated SDKs

Automatically generate SDKs for API consumers.

API documentation

Generate API documentation for every schema.

Policy checks

Changes to your API won't break downstream consumers.

Remote plugins

Verifies and maintains the most commonly used plugins.

Safely evolve APIs across platforms

Validates API changes both locally and in CI.

Worry-free code generation

No need to manage compiler versions and plugins.

Consistency & best practices

Automatically reformat files to correct violations.

Invoke gRPC and Connect APIs with ease

Call gRPC and Connect APIs using Buf's cURL-like interface.

Built at Buf to make Protobuf work for everyone

Brings to Protobuf an RPC framework that simply works across backend, frontend, and mobile use cases.

Provides the semantic validation libraries required to properly represent data properties beyond simple field types.

Protobuf Toolchain

Includes Bazel rules, Gradle support, a modern Protobuf compiler, LSP support, even the world's only language spec for Protobuf.

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