grpc-gateway-protoc-gen-openapiv2
Provides the missing pieces for gRPC Gateway.
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
No, unless you are maintaining legacy code that already depends on this package. The package is abandoned with no updates since 2021-05-09 and will not receive fixes for compatibility issues with newer dependencies. If you are starting a new gRPC Gateway project in Python, investigate whether gRPC Gateway's own Python support or alternative tooling has evolved to make this package unnecessary.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python >=3.6 and googleapis-common-protos as a runtime dependency.
- Package has been abandoned since its only release on 2021-05-09 with no updates or maintenance activity.
- Install friction is low, but the lack of maintenance means no bug fixes or compatibility updates for newer dependencies.
License · maintenance · safety
permissive license (permissive) — Licensed under BSD (permissive), so you can use and modify the code freely in commercial or private projects without restriction.
last release 2021-05-09 (1923 days)
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 212,406 downloads/mo, #9,456 on PyPI
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Verify before relying
pip install grpc-gateway-protoc-gen-openapiv2
The package provides protoc plugin support; use it as part of your protobuf code generation workflow with gRPC Gateway annotations.- Whether the generated code remains compatible with current gRPC and protobuf library versions.
- Whether gRPC Gateway annotation support has evolved since 2021 in ways this package does not handle.
- Real-world usage patterns and whether 212406 monthly downloads reflect active use or legacy dependencies.
What it is and what it does
This package fills a gap in the gRPC Gateway ecosystem by providing Python code generation support for protoc annotations used by gRPC Gateway. When you use gRPC Gateway to generate service definitions with OpenAPI annotations, this package ensures the resulting Python code has the necessary imports and dependencies (primarily from googleapis-common-protos) to actually run. It is a build-time tool—you install it, use it as a protoc plugin during your code generation step, and the output integrates with your gRPC service definitions.
The package itself is minimal and focused: it depends only on googleapis-common-protos and provides the glue between gRPC Gateway's protoc annotations and Python's protobuf ecosystem. However, it has not been maintained since its initial release on 2021-05-09, meaning it may not work with significantly newer versions of dependencies that have been released since then.
Use it for
- Generate Python gRPC service stubs from proto files that use gRPC Gateway OpenAPI annotations.
- Integrate gRPC Gateway-annotated protobuf definitions into a Python microservice project.
- Build a Python API server that exposes both gRPC and HTTP/JSON endpoints via gRPC Gateway.
- Support proto-first development workflows where gRPC Gateway annotations drive both API documentation and service implementation.
Worth the install?
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No, unless you are maintaining legacy code that already depends on this package.
The package is abandoned with no updates since 2021-05-09 and will not receive fixes for compatibility issues with newer dependencies. If you are starting a new gRPC Gateway project in Python, investigate whether gRPC Gateway's own Python support or alternative tooling has evolved to make this package unnecessary.
Install
grpc-gateway-protoc-gen-openapiv2 on PyPI
Before you install
Package has been abandoned since its only release on 2021-05-09 with no updates or maintenance activity. Install friction is low, but the lack of maintenance means no bug fixes or compatibility updates for newer dependencies.
Requires Python >=3.6 and googleapis-common-protos as a runtime dependency.
License in practice
Licensed under BSD (permissive), so you can use and modify the code freely in commercial or private projects without restriction.
Quickstart
pip install grpc-gateway-protoc-gen-openapiv2
The package provides protoc plugin support; use it as part of your protobuf code generation workflow with gRPC Gateway annotations.Verify before relying
- Whether the generated code remains compatible with current gRPC and protobuf library versions.
- Whether gRPC Gateway annotation support has evolved since 2021 in ways this package does not handle.
- Real-world usage patterns and whether 212406 monthly downloads reflect active use or legacy dependencies.
Package facts
| License | permissive license permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.6 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 1 packagegoogleapis-common-protos |
| Maintenance | Abandoned 1,923 days since the last release |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 212,406 / month, #9,456 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | License :: OSI Approved :: BSD LicenseOperating System :: OS IndependentProgramming Language :: Python :: 3 |
Evidence: grpc_gateway_protoc_gen_openapiv2-0.1.0-py3-none-any.whl
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