prototools

A collection of two complementary protobuf tools:

• prototext — lossless, bidirectional converter between binary protobuf wire format and human-readable text.
• reproto — reconstructs .proto source files from compiled protobuf descriptor sets (.pb files produced by protoc --descriptor_set_out).

prototext

Lossless, bidirectional converter between binary protobuf wire format and human-readable text.

User documentation

• README — Overview, installation, and usage guide
• Man page — Reference manual
• Annotation format — Wire annotation syntax reference

Design documentation

• Design — Architecture, data flow, and key design decisions
• Performance — Benchmark results and optimisation history
• protoc --decode compatibility — Compatibility analysis with protoc --decode output
• protoc --decode anomalous input — How protoc behaves on malformed or non-canonical input
• Fixture coverage model — Fixture macro reference
• Benchmark process — Performance benchmarking methodology
• Protocraft design — Protocraft schema-aware test builder design

Specs

reproto

Reconstructs .proto source files from compiled protobuf descriptor sets (.pb files produced by protoc --descriptor_set_out).

User documentation

• README — Overview, installation, and usage guide
• Man page — Reference manual

Specs

Core design

Proto3 polyglot

Editions rendering

Build system