[[command]]
name = "protoc"
description = "Protocol Buffers compiler — reads .proto files and generates code in the target language via plugins. Plugins (`protoc-gen-*`) are arbitrary executables loaded at compile time. Carve-out: --version / --help only."
url = "https://protobuf.dev/programming-guides/proto3/"
researched_version = "protoc 25.x"
level = "Inert"
bare = false
max_positional = 0
standalone = ["--help", "--version", "-h"]