# Install protoc-gen-go-grpc with Homebrew, apk, apt, Nix

Protoc plugin that generates code for gRPC-Go clients. Version 1.6.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-29. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install protoc-gen-go-grpc.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:protoc-gen-go-grpc
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install protoc-gen-go-grpc
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

```sh
sudo apk add protoc-gen-go-grpc
```

  Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: protoc-gen-go-grpc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install protoc-gen-go-grpc
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: protoc-gen-go-grpc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#protoc-gen-go-grpc
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pr/protoc-gen-go-grpc/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:protoc-gen-go-grpc
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.6.2
- **Source summary:** Protoc plugin that generates code for gRPC-Go clients
- **Homepage:** <https://grpc.io>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-29T22:58:18+09:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- protoc-gen-go-grpc (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.6.2

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for protoc-gen-go-grpc. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - protoc-gen-go-grpc - 1.64.0-7+b2: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: protoc-gen-go-grpc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | gRPC plugin for protobuf compiler | https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/grpc
- Nix - protoc-gen-go-grpc: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pr/protoc-gen-go-grpc/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - protoc-gen-go-grpc - 1.38.0+really1.33.3-1build1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: protoc-gen-go-grpc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | gRPC plugin for protobuf compiler | https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/grpc
- apk - protoc-gen-go-grpc - 1.80.0-r3: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: protoc-gen-go-grpc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | protoc plugin to generate Go language bindings of services in protobuf definition files for gRPC | https://github.com/grpc/grpc-go


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/protoc-gen-go-grpc.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/protoc-gen-go-grpc.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
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- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph