# protoc

> Installs the protocol buffer compiler "protoc" for you.

Latest version **36.0.0** (published 2026-08-24) · Apache-2.0 license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install protoc
pnpm add protoc
yarn add protoc
bun add protoc
```

## Health

**Score 55/100 (C)** — status: active.

Positive: no vulnerabilities; recently updated; high maintenance score.

Warnings: low downloads; no types; no esm support.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 36.0.0 |
| Published | 2026-08-24 |
| First published | 2017-02-09 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| TypeScript types | none |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 0 |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 |
| Install scripts | no |
| GitHub stars | 4 |
| Author | Timo Stamm |
| Maintainers | jinpha, timostamm |
| Keywords | Protocol Buffers, protobuf, protoc, installation |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/protoc
- Repository: https://github.com/timostamm/protobuf-npm
- Issues: https://github.com/timostamm/protobuf-npm/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/protoc

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## Recent versions

- 36.0.0 (latest) — 2026-08-24
- 36.0.0-rc2 (next) — 2026-08-07
- 36.0.0-rc1 — 2026-07-21
- 35.1.0 — 2026-06-22
- 35.0.0 — 2026-06-22
- 34.2.1 — 2026-06-22
- 34.2.0 — 2026-06-22
- 35.0.0-rc2 — 2026-06-22
- 35.0.0-rc1 — 2026-06-22
- 25.9.0 — 2026-04-29
- 34.1.0 — 2026-04-29
- 26.1.1 — 2026-04-29
- 33.6.0 — 2026-04-14
- 34.0.0 — 2026-02-28
- 34.0.0-rc2 — 2026-02-24
- … 114 more at https://npm.io/package/protoc/versions

## README

protoc
======

This package provides the Protobuf compiler `protoc` <!-- inject: release.tag_name -->v36.0<!-- end -->.

```shell script
npm install --save-dev protoc
npx protoc --version 
```

This is an unofficial distribution of the protoc binary from https://github.com/protocolbuffers/protobuf/releases.

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