grpc-docs

Spec sheet

Purpose

grpc-docs provides interactive gRPC API documentation, described as similar to Swagger UI for gRPC APIs.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

License

The repository README identifies the project as MIT licensed.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Access configuration

The README says the documentation host must be added in GenDocu project settings when an origin is rejected.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Access controls

The comparison lists RBAC-protected documentation and SSO for GenDocu Developer Portal, but not for grpc-docs standalone or with GenDocu.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Authentication input

For standalone use, an API definition can be fetched with authorization headers and passed to the component as text.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Custom backend

The README says users can implement their own backend wrapper and links to API documentation.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Docker

The README provides a Docker quickstart that mounts a proto root as input and writes generated output to a local output directory.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Feature comparison

The comparison lists code snippets and password-protected documentation for grpc-docs with GenDocu, while standalone grpc-docs lacks both.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Feature limits

In the README comparison, standalone gRPC-docs lacks code snippets and password-protected documentation; several capabilities are marked as planned.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

GenDocu feature limits

The comparison lists RBAC-protected documentation and SSO for GenDocu Developer Portal, but not for gRPC-docs with GenDocu.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

GenDocu integration

The README supports a GenDocu Cloud integration through the GRPCGenDocuAPIReference React component.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Input format

Standalone setup uses JSON API descriptions generated from protobuf definitions with protoc-gen-doc.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Language support

The comparison lists one programming language for standalone grpc-docs and six for grpc-docs with GenDocu.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Notable limits

The comparison marks environment selection and authentication descriptions as not yet implemented for standalone grpc-docs and grpc-docs with GenDocu.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Package install

The README documents installation through npm or Yarn and specifies Node.js 12 or later.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Runtime requirement

The README says installation requires Node.js 12 or later.Read 4 Oct 2026 · github.com

Standalone use

The library can be embedded in an existing React frontend as an API reference component.Read 9 Oct 2026 · github.com

Where Specifiction places it

• gRPC Tools#22 of 247.0