使用 Homebrew 安装 protoc-gen-grpc-swift

项目链接

• 主页
• 软件包管理器页面

命令和别名

• protoc-gen-grpc-swift-2

项目历史

The first grpc-swift repository combined a Swift gRPC runtime with its code generator. Its official README now identifies that line as gRPC Swift 1 in maintenance mode and points users to gRPC Swift 2.

The grpc-swift-protobuf project provides the Protocol Buffers integration and protoc code generator used by the current gRPC Swift generation workflow.

采用历史

Swift support became part of gRPC's language ecosystem for Apple-platform and server-side Swift development. The generator is used with SwiftProtobuf, which supplies protobuf message generation and runtime support.

The current Homebrew record exposes an executable named protoc-gen-grpc-swift-2, reflecting the second-generation toolchain. Package-manager installation gives developers a host binary that can be integrated into protoc-based builds.

使用方式

Install the generator, ensure protoc can locate the protoc-gen-grpc-swift-2 executable or pass its path explicitly, and run it alongside SwiftProtobuf generation for schemas containing services. Compile the generated sources with the corresponding gRPC Swift and SwiftProtobuf libraries. No persistent configuration or credentials file is documented for the generator.

为什么软件包爱好者会关心

The package highlights the generator/runtime split common to protobuf ecosystems: SwiftProtobuf owns message serialization, while grpc-swift-protobuf generates RPC-specific types layered on the gRPC Swift runtime.

The executable's -2 suffix is operationally important for build scripts and distinguishes the current generator line from the earlier gRPC Swift 1 tooling.

时间线

• gRPC Swift 1 established a combined Swift runtime and code-generation project.
• The first-generation grpc-swift line entered maintenance mode as gRPC Swift 2 became current.
• The current protobuf integration is maintained in grpc-swift-protobuf and packaged with the protoc-gen-grpc-swift-2 executable.

Related projects

• SwiftProtobuf provides protoc-gen-swift and the protobuf runtime used by generated message types.
• gRPC Swift provides the RPC runtime consumed by generated clients and servers.
• protoc invokes the gRPC Swift plugin when compiling protobuf service definitions.

来源

• https://github.com/apple/swift-protobuf#readme
• https://github.com/grpc/grpc-swift#readme
• https://github.com/grpc/grpc-swift-protobuf#readme
• https://grpc.io/docs/languages/swift/
• source_facts.executables