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

Go support for Google's protocol buffers. Version 1.36.11 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-29. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install protoc-gen-go.

## Install

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

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

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

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- apk (92%):

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

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

- Debian apt (92%):

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

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

- Nix (92%):

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

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

- zypper (92%):

```sh
sudo zypper install protoc-gen-go
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: protoc-gen-go from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

- dnf (92%):

```sh
sudo dnf install golang-google-protobuf
```

  Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: golang-google-protobuf from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:protoc-gen-go
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.36.11
- **Source summary:** Go support for Google's protocol buffers
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf-go>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf-go>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-29T22:58:18+09:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- protoc-gen-go (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.36.11

## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - protoc-gen-go - 1.36.5-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: protoc-gen-go from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | Go plugin for protobuf compiler (APIv2) | https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf-go
- Nix - protoc-gen-go: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pr/protoc-gen-go/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - protoc-gen-go - 1.32.0-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: protoc-gen-go from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | Go plugin for protobuf compiler (APIv2) | https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf-go
- apk - protoc-gen-go - 1.36.11-r6: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: protoc-gen-go from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Protocol Buffers Go generator | https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf-go
- dnf - golang-google-protobuf - 1.31.0-16.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: golang-google-protobuf from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Go support for Google's protocol buffers | https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf-go
- zypper - protoc-gen-go - 1.34.2-1.9: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: protoc-gen-go from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Go support for Google's protocol buffers | https://github.com/golang/protobuf


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph