# ConnectRPC

15 Hacker News commenters recommended ConnectRPC and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Developers recommend it as a gRPC-compatible HTTP API framework that works with Protobuf and generates typed clients. One critic notes few languages have server support.

## Why people recommend it

- Generated typed TypeScript clients (3 comments): "it allows me to define a proper API scheme and generate a decent-quality Typescript client" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46325263)) "the generated types for my backend and frontend saves me time" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46117530)) "proper API schema with generated TS client is nice" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46325309))
- HTTP and browser compatibility (3 comments): "HTTP/1.1 out of the box, switches on Content-Type between binary and JSON, and fully-compatible with gRPC" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48893960)) "ConnectRPC allows sane integration of PB with regular browser clients." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47011443)) "We are using this for the basic HTTP server/client compatibility." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47012521))
- Few issues, good experience (3 comments): "Using connectrpc was a pretty refreshing experience for me. Implementing a client for the HTTP stuff at least is pretty easy!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47010426)) "we basically haven't had any issues with it (go and typescript)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47009943)) "my experience so far has been great" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46339238))
- Compatible with gRPC and Protobuf (2 comments): "HTTP/1.1 out of the box, switches on Content-Type between binary and JSON, and fully-compatible with gRPC" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48893960)) "could be a great middle ground since it is compatible with both Protobuf and JSON served APIs" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46115409))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [gRPC](https://hackerapproved.com/p/grpc.md): 25 recommend
- [tRPC](https://hackerapproved.com/p/trpc.md): 12 recommend
- [Apache Thrift](https://hackerapproved.com/p/apache-thrift.md): 8 recommend
- [Varlink](https://hackerapproved.com/p/varlink.md): 7 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "ConnectRPC", https://hackerapproved.com/p/connectrpc/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).