Protocol Buffers
98%
of the visible star count comes from this organization's top three repositories.
6K
stars per repository in this same snapshot.
Go
is the most common language here, with 8 repositories updated in the last 90 days.
Why this rank
This organization stands out because one flagship repo drives 92% of its visible star count.
Organization pages work best when you separate portfolio breadth from flagship concentration. In Protocol Buffers's case, the visible top three repositories account for about 98% of total stars in this snapshot, which helps explain whether the organization is known for one breakout project or for a broader repeatable portfolio.
The dominant language mix here is Go (3), C (2), Unknown (2). That makes this page useful not just for popularity checks, but also for seeing what technical shape an organization's public ecosystem actually has.
Top Repositories
| # | Repository | Language | ⭐ Stars | 🍴 Forks | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | protocolbuffers/protobuf Protocol Buffers - Google's data interchange format | C++ | 71.1K | 16.1K | Today |
| 2 | protocolbuffers/protobuf-go Go support for Google's protocol buffers | Go | 3.3K | 471 | 2 months ago |
| 3 | protocolbuffers/upb a small protobuf implementation in C | C | 1.5K | 264 | 1 years ago |
| 4 | protocolbuffers/protobuf-javascript | JavaScript | 458 | 87 | 2 weeks ago |
| 5 | protocolbuffers/protoscope Protoscope is a simple, human-editable language for representing and emitting the Protobuf wire format. | Go | 418 | 51 | 2 years ago |
| 6 | protocolbuffers/protobuf-php This repository contains only PHP files to support Composer installation. This repository is a mirror of [protobuf](https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf). Any support requests, bug reports, or development contributions should be directed to that project. To install protobuf for PHP, please see https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/tree/master/php | PHP | 371 | 47 | 2 weeks ago |
| 7 | protocolbuffers/txtpbfmt txtpbfmt parses, edits and formats text proto files in a way that preserves comments. | Go | 127 | 18 | 3 weeks ago |
| 8 | protocolbuffers/protocolbuffers.github.io | HTML | 63 | 171 | 1 weeks ago |
| 9 | protocolbuffers/protobuf-grammar This repository contains grammars for parsing Protocol Buffers's .proto files | 28 | 10 | 6 years ago | |
| 10 | protocolbuffers/utf8_range | C | 19 | 15 | 2 years ago |
| 11 | protocolbuffers/protobuf-ci A shared repository for Protobuf CI actions | 8 | 7 | 3 months ago | |
| 12 | protocolbuffers/rules_ruby Ruby Rules for Bazel. This is a fork of https://github.com/bazelruby/rules_ruby exclusively for protobuf internal usage | Starlark | 4 | 4 | 1 weeks ago |
| 13 | protocolbuffers/bazel-central-registry The central registry of Bazel modules for the Bzlmod external dependency system. | Starlark | 2 | 3 | 3 weeks ago |
How to Read This Snapshot
Total stars are useful as a discovery signal, but they do not tell you whether a team maintains every repository equally. Pair this page with release cadence, maintainer activity, and the flagship concentration shown above before making adoption decisions.
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