protoc-gen-typescript

A code generator for TypeScript based on Protobuf definitions, written in Rust.

Table of Contents

• Features
• Installation
• Usage

Features

• Generates well-formatted, easy to read and extendable TypeScript code
• Generated code only depends on google-protobuf
• Supports all field types
• Generates service stubs
• Generates enums
• Allows using String, Number or BigInt for 64-bit integers
• Enhanced integrations for google.protobuf.Timestamp and google.protobuf.Duration with JavaScript Date
• Support for packed and unpacked fields
• Generated code is fully tested using Jest

Installation

Install the application using Cargo:

cargo install --path .

This will place the protoc-gen-typescript binary by default in your ~/.cargo/bin folder. If you have that folder inside your path, you should be able to find it using

which protoc-gen-typescript

Usage

Using Protoc you can now convert your Protobuf definitions into TypeScript:

mkdir -p gen
protoc --typescript_out=gen --proto_path=include include/*.proto