gRPC CLI

Windows · Mac · Linux

Freedom report

Two barsScore 5.5

gRPC CLI is ranked #14 of 23 in gRPC tools on Freedom251. It runs on Linux, macOS, Windows.

Compared on gRPC tools

Purpose: gRPC CLI is a command line tool included in the gRPC repository for interacting with gRPC servers.
Build requirement: The documentation says the tool must be built from source and describes it as not yet up to par in user-friendliness.
RPC calls: It can send unary RPCs and supports attaching metadata and displaying received metadata.
Authentication: The documented core functionality includes handling common authentication to a server.
Service discovery: The tool can list server services and methods through server reflection.
Proto files: When server reflection is unavailable, local proto files can provide service definitions and request or response types.
Message formats: It can read proto requests in text or wire form, display proto responses as text, and write responses in wire form to a file.
Streaming: The documentation lists streaming RPC support as a desired capability, rather than among the tool’s current core functionality.
Build system: The documented build procedure uses CMake and the command make grpc_cli.
Platforms: The documentation mentions Windows, Mac, and Linux in its proto-path instructions.
Alternative tool: The documentation says grpcurl is better maintained than this tool in its current state.

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