grpcurl

Spec sheet

Purpose

grpcurl is a command-line tool for interacting with gRPC servers and invoking RPC methods.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Platforms

The README mentions macOS Homebrew and third-party packages for Windows and Linux distributions.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Free plan

YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · github.com

Integrations

The project provides a Go library package for building command-line tools that dynamically invoke gRPC endpoints.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

License

The repository identifies its license as MIT.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

API documentation

NoRead 20 Sep 2026 · github.com

Automated test runs

NoRead 20 Sep 2026 · github.com

GraphQL support

NoRead 20 Sep 2026 · github.com

gRPC support

YesRead 20 Sep 2026 · github.com

Inspection

Its list and describe commands can show services, methods, and schema descriptions.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Installation

The README documents release binaries, Homebrew, Docker, Snap, installation from source, and third-party packages.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

JSON requests

It accepts request messages as JSON and translates them to protobuf binary format.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Schema discovery

It can browse service schemas using server reflection, .proto source files, or compiled protoset files.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Schema requirement

If a server lacks reflection, grpcurl requires the service's proto source files or protoset files to understand its schema.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Streaming

It supports streaming RPCs, including interactive bidirectional streaming through a terminal and stdin.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Team workspaces

NoRead 20 Sep 2026 · github.com

TLS

It supports TLS, plaintext connections, TLS configuration options, and mutual TLS client certificates.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

Use case

The project describes JSON input as useful for people and scripts and gives an example of using grpcurl in a command pipeline.Read 5 Oct 2026 · github.com

WebSocket support

NoRead 20 Sep 2026 · github.com

Plans and prices

Every grpcurl plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

• gRPC Tools#10 of 248.0
• API clients#20 of 388.2