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grpcurl

brew install grpcurl v1.9.3 MIT

Command-line gRPC client for invoking gRPC services and inspecting server metadata, similar to cURL for HTTP APIs.

Why you might care

Essential for debugging and testing gRPC microservices without writing client code. Works with both unary and streaming RPCs, supports reflection discovery of service definitions, and handles binary protobuf payloads—critical when your API ecosystem is gRPC-first instead of REST.

Categories

http-client networking debugger

Alternatives

grpcui evans bloomrpc
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Build dependencies

go

Links

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