Introducing gRPC, a new open source HTTP/2 RPC Framework

gRPC is an open-source framework released by Google that utilizes the HTTP/2 standard to facilitate efficient and scalable remote procedure calls, aiming to enhance APIs and microservices across various programming languages and platforms. Developed from Google's extensive experience with distributed systems, gRPC offers features like bidirectional streaming, flow control, and multiplexing, which improve the performance and scalability of real-time applications, web services, and mobile apps, while optimizing resource usage. Alongside gRPC, Google introduced a new version of Protocol Buffers, Proto 3, designed to simplify service definitions and support more languages, enhancing the development process. With collaboration from organizations like Square, Google encourages community involvement in gRPC’s development through contributions on GitHub and active participation in discussions via mailing lists, IRC, and StackOverflow.