# gogo/protobuf

[Deprecated] Protocol Buffers for Go with Gadgets

Repository: https://github.com/gogo/protobuf
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/gogo-protobuf
Language: Go
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: protocol-buffers, golang, go, protobuf, grpc
Last push: 2023-07-27T11:52:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4291, "days_push": 1133, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 5664, forks 801 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:27.469480+00:00)

## What it is
GoGoProtobuf is a Go library and protoc plugin that extends the official Go protobuf implementation with extra code-generation 'gadgets' for performance and convenience. It generates Go bindings for Protocol Buffers, including gRPC support, but is now deprecated.

## Use cases
- generate faster Go code from protobuf definitions
- serialize and deserialize protobuf messages in Go
- use protobufs with gRPC in Go services
- add extra marshal/unmarshal features to generated Go structs

## When to choose
- maintaining a legacy Go codebase already built on gogoproto-generated code
- you need the specific gogo extensions in an existing project

## When to avoid
- starting a new Go project - use google.golang.org/protobuf instead
- you need actively maintained protobuf tooling
- you want the standard official Go protobuf library

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: serialization, sdk
- domain: developer-tools, apis, backend
- platform: go, cross-platform
- tags: protobuf, grpc, code-generation, deprecated

## Member repositories
- gogo/protobuf (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:27.469480+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:54:19.866080+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gogo/protobuf (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:27.469480+00:00, sha 4730d2aea866)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.