Stubby to gRPC Mapping
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| Google Internal | Open Source | GCP | |
|---|---|---|---|
| System | Stubby | gRPC | — |
| Concept | RPC framework | RPC framework | — |
Stubby is Google’s internal RPC framework used for all service-to-service communication. gRPC was created as the open-source equivalent, sharing similar design principles: Protocol Buffers for serialization, HTTP/2 for transport, bidirectional streaming, and code generation for multiple languages.