rpc-libs.md

-- rpc implementations --

-- dynamically typed --

most json-rpc variants are pretty basic

CeRPCerus

• eventloop: 'twisted'
• transport layer: 'tcp', 'websocket'
• rpc features: 'bidirectional/symmetric', 'encryption', 'async', 'flow-controlled streams'
• serialization format: 'msgpack'
• language: python

ticosax/pseud

• rpc features: 'bidirectional/symmetric', 'encryption', 'async', 'sync'
• transport layer: 'ZeroMQ'
• serialization format: 'msgpack'
• eventloop: 'asyncio'
• language: python

mprpc

• https://github.com/studio-ousia/mprpc
• serialization format: 'msgpack'
• eventloop: 'gevent'
• language: python
• faster than 'zerorpc', 'msgpack-rpc-python'
• rpc features: 'sync'

zerorpc

• https://www.zerorpc.io/
• https://github.com/0rpc/zerorpc-python
• rpc features: 'streams', 'first-class exceptions', 'heartbeats'
• language: python
• serialization format: 'msgpack'
• transport layer: 'ZeroMQ'

msgpack-rpc-python

• https://github.com/msgpack-rpc/msgpack-rpc-python
• eventloop: 'tornado'
• serialization format: 'msgpack'
• language: python
• rpc features: 'async', 'pseudo sync'
• can be pseudo async and sync by stopping and starting the reactor repeatedly

jsonrpc-bidirectional

• https://github.com/bigstepinc/jsonrpc-bidirectional
• language: typescript
• transport layer: 'websocket','webrtc', 'http/1' and more
• rpc features: 'bidirectional/symmetric', 'async'

python-symmetric-jsonrpc

• async using threads and select.poll. lock'd requests
• language: python
• OLD

spyne

• language: python
• transport and architecture agnostic

RPyC

• rpc features: 'bidirectional/symmetric', 'async', 'sync'
• transport layer: 'tls'
• language: python

circuits

• https://pythonhosted.org/circuits/index.html
• async, more like a framework than a rpc library
• language: python

-- statically typed --

zeroc-ice/ice

• transport layer: 'tls', 'tcp', 'udp', 'websockets'
• serialization format: 'efficient binary protocol'
• rpc features: 'remote objects', 'async', 'sync', 'batched calls', 'count based flow control'
• licence: 'GPL'
• language: 'C++'
• bindings: many

Cap’n Proto

• https://capnproto.org/
• language: C++
• bindings: 'python'
• serialization features: 'Incremental reads', 'Random access', 'mmap', 'Time-traveling RPC'
• https://github.com/capnproto/pycapnp

smf-rpc

• https://github.com/smfrpc/smf
• language: C++

gRPC

• https://grpc.io/
• serialization format: 'Protocol Buffers'
• rpc features: 'async calls', 'sync calls', 'sync streams', 'bidirectional streaming'
• transport layer: 'HTTP/2'

Apache Thrift, ThriftPy2

• https://thrift.apache.org/