Command-line tool

kitex

brew/kitex

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Golang RPC framework for microservices

Website Source

At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install kitex

Linux

brew install kitex

Generate client codes when a project is in `$GOPATH`

kitex path/to/IDL_file.thrift

Generate client codes when a project is not in `$GOPATH`

kitex -module github.com/xx-org/xx-name path/to/IDL_file.thrift

Generate client codes with protobuf IDL

kitex -type protobuf path/to/IDL_file.proto

Related command-line tools

• hz
  Golang HTTP framework for microservices
• gf
  App development framework of Golang
• micronaut
  Modern JVM-based framework for building modular microservices
• dbmate
  Lightweight, framework-agnostic database migration tool database mysql postgresql docker go python golang clickhouse…
• nats-server
  Lightweight cloud messaging system go cloud golang messaging cloud-native distributed-systems cloud-computing…
• goenv
  Go version management
• zeebe
  Distributed Workflow Engine for Microservices Orchestration
• tilt
  Define your dev environment as code. For microservice apps on Kubernetes

Listing text is written by the maker; AptLynx lists tools and does not vouch for them. Find another tool · Browse by topic · For agents