The Best Protocol Buffers Static Analysis Tools (Linters/Formatters)

We rank 4 Protocol Buffers linters, code analyzers, formatters, and more. Find and compare tools like Mega-Linter, trunk, protolint, and more. Please rate and review tools that you've used. This helps others find the best tools for their projects.

2 Protocol Buffers Tools

protolint

Pluggable linter and fixer to enforce Protocol Buffer style and conventions.

  • MaintainedMaintained
  • MaintainedMulti-Language
  • Maintainedcli
  • Maintainedlinter
  • 100% upvoted

buf

Provides a CLI linter that enforces good API design choices and structure

  • MaintainedMaintained
  • MaintainedMulti-Language
  • Maintainedcli
  • Maintainedlinter
  • 0% upvoted

2 Multi-Language Tools

Mega-Linter

Mega-Linter can handle any type of project thanks to its 70+ embedded Linters, its advanced reporting, runnable on any CI system or locally, with assisted installation and configuration, able to apply formatting and fixes

  • MaintainedMaintained
  • MaintainedMulti-Language
  • Maintainedcli
  • Maintainedlinter
  • 68% upvoted

trunk

Modern repositories include many technologies, each with its own set of linters. With 30+ linters and counting, Trunk makes it dead-simple to identify, install, configure, and run the right linters, static analyzers, and formatters for all your repos.

  • MaintainedMaintained
  • MaintainedMulti-Language
  • Maintainedcli
  • MaintainedlinterMaintainedformatter
  • 88% upvoted

Frequently Asked Questions

What are Protocol Buffers tools?

Protocol Buffers (Protobuf) is a method of serializing structured data. It is useful in developing programs to communicate with each other over a wire or for storing data. The method involves an interface description language that describes the structure of some data and a program that generates source code from that description for generating or parsing a stream of bytes that represents the structured data. Google developed Protocol Buffers for internal use and provided a code generator for multiple languages under an open source license.

What are the best Protocol Buffers static analysis tools and linters?

The most popular Protocol Buffers tools ranked by user votes are: Mega-Linter, trunk, protolint, buf.

Which Protocol Buffers tools are free to use?

Tools with a free plan include trunk. On top of that, there are also a number of open source like Mega-Linter, trunk, protolint, buf.

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