# Install protoc-gen-grpc-web with Homebrew, Nix, scoop

Protoc plugin that generates code for gRPC-Web clients. Version 2.0.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-20.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:protoc-gen-grpc-web
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install protoc-gen-grpc-web
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#protoc-gen-grpc-web
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: protoc-gen-grpc-web from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix

### Windows

- Scoop (92%):

```sh
scoop install main/protoc-gen-grpc-web
```

  Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/protoc-gen-grpc-web.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:protoc-gen-grpc-web
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/protoc-gen-grpc-web>
- **Version:** 2.0.2
- **Source summary:** Protoc plugin that generates code for gRPC-Web clients
- **Homepage:** <https://grpc.io>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/grpc/grpc-web>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/grpc/grpc-web#readme>
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/grpc/grpc-web/archive/refs/tags/2.0.2.tar.gz>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-20T05:07:45Z
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- protoc-gen-grpc-web (cli)
- protoc-gen-grpc-web (alias)

## Dependencies

- abseil
- protobuf
- protoc-gen-js

## Build dependencies

- cmake
- pkgconf

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 2.0.2
- Package-manager updated: 2026-06-20
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/grpc/grpc-web
- Upstream latest detected: 2.0.2 (current)

## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** protoc-gen-grpc-web
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 6
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - protoc-gen-grpc-web: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: protoc-gen-grpc-web from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
- Scoop - main/protoc-gen-grpc-web: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/protoc-gen-grpc-web.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1


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- [protobuf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/protobuf/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [protoc-gen-js](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/protoc-gen-js/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
- [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew.
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- [buf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/buf/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, code-generation, developer-tools, protobuf.
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- [protolint](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/protolint/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, protobuf.
- [protoc-gen-grpc-web](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/npm/protoc-gen-grpc-web/) - Same normalized package name in another local ecosystem.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/protoc-gen-grpc-web.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/protoc-gen-grpc-web.yml)


## Sources

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- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph