twitchtv/twirp

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7530 stars · 326 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Twirp is a simple RPC framework for Go that generates servers and clients from protobuf service definitions. It runs on the standard library's net/http server, supports HTTP 1.1 and JSON serialization, and emphasizes simplicity over gRPC's custom transport.

Use cases

• build rpc services in go from proto files
• generate go clients and servers from protobuf definitions
• replace grpc with a simpler http-based rpc framework
• service-to-service communication between microservices
• expose json and protobuf apis from the same service
• autogenerate typed clients for internal apis

When to choose

• you want gRPC-like rpc without custom HTTP/2 transport
• you want generated clients and servers from .proto files in Go
• you need JSON serialization for easy debugging alongside protobuf
• you want to run on the standard net/http server and middleware ecosystem

When to avoid

• you need streaming rpcs, which Twirp does not support
• you need first-class multi-language server support (official support is Go only)
• you need advanced gRPC features like deadlines, load balancing, or bidirectional streaming
• your team is not using protobuf tooling

Facets

framework · maturity maintenance

rpc serialization http-server http-client middleware backend apis developer-tools web-development go cross-platform protobuf code-generation grpc-alternative service-to-service net-http json-serialization

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