# grpcio > HTTP/2-based RPC framework - **URL**: https://www.freshcrate.ai/projects/grpcio - **Author**: pypi - **Category**: Frameworks - **Latest version**: `v1.81.0` (2026-05-29) - **License**: Unknown - **Source**: https://github.com/grpc/grpc/issues - **Homepage**: https://pypi.org/project/grpcio/ - **Language**: C++ - **GitHub**: 44,654 stars, 11,126 forks - **Registry**: pypi (`grpcio`) - **Tags**: `pypi` ## Description gRPC Python =========== Package for gRPC Python. Installation ------------ gRPC Python is available for Linux, macOS, and Windows. Installing From PyPI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you are installing locally... :: $ pip install grpcio Else system wide (on Ubuntu)... :: $ sudo pip install grpcio If you're on Windows make sure that you installed the :code:`pip.exe` component when you installed Python (if not go back and install it!) then invoke: :: $ pip.exe install grpcio Windows users may need to invoke :code:`pip.exe` from a command line ran as administrator. n.b. On Windows and on Mac OS X one *must* have a recent release of :code:`pip` to retrieve the proper wheel from PyPI. Be sure to upgrade to the latest version! Installing From Source ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Building from source requires that you have the Python headers (usually a package named :code:`python-dev`). :: $ export REPO_ROOT=grpc # REPO_ROOT can be any directory of your choice $ git clone -b RELEASE_TAG_HERE https://github.com/grpc/grpc $REPO_ROOT $ cd $REPO_ROOT $ git submodule update --init # To include systemd socket-activation feature in the build, # first install the `libsystemd-dev` package, then : $ export GRPC_PYTHON_BUILD_WITH_SYSTEMD=1 # For the next two commands do `sudo pip install` if you get permission-denied errors $ pip install -r requirements.txt $ GRPC_PYTHON_BUILD_WITH_CYTHON=1 pip install . You cannot currently install Python from source on Windows. Things might work out for you in MSYS2 (follow the Linux instructions), but it isn't officially supported at the moment. Troubleshooting ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Help, I ... * **... see the following error on some platforms** :: /tmp/pip-build-U8pSsr/cython/Cython/Plex/Scanners.c:4:20: fatal error: Python.h: No such file or directory #include "Python.h" ^ compilation terminated. You can fix it by installing `python-dev` package. i.e :: sudo apt-get install python-dev Versioning ~~~~~~~~~~ gRPC Python is developed in a monorepo shared with implementations of gRPC in other programming languages. While the minor versions are released in lock-step with other languages in the repo (e.g. 1.63.0 is guaranteed to exist for all languages), patch versions may be specific to only a single language. For example, if 1.63.1 is a C++-specific patch, 1.63.1 may not be uploaded to PyPi. As a result, it is __not__ a good assumption that the latest patch for a given minor version on Github is also the latest patch for that same minor version on PyPi. ## Recent releases | Version | Date | Urgency | Changes | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `v1.81.0` | 2026-05-29 | High | This is release 1.81.0 ([graphic](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/master/doc/g_stands_for.md)) of gRPC Core. For gRPC documentation, see [grpc.io](https://grpc.io/). For previous releases, see [Releases](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/releases). This release contains refinements, improvements, and bug fixes, with highlights listed below. Core --- - [EventEngine] Fix a potential use-after-free error on Windows. ([#42078](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/42078)) - [ssl] Server s | | `1.80.0` | 2026-04-21 | Low | Imported from PyPI (1.80.0) | | `v1.80.0` | 2026-03-26 | Medium | This is release 1.80.0 ([glimmering](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/master/doc/g_stands_for.md)) of gRPC Core. For gRPC documentation, see [grpc.io](https://grpc.io/). For previous releases, see [Releases](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/releases). This release contains refinements, improvements, and bug fixes, with highlights listed below. Core --- - [ssl] Implement TLS private key signer in Python. ([#41701](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/41701)) - [TLS Credentials]: Priva | | `v1.80.0` | 2026-03-26 | Medium | This is release 1.80.0 ([glimmering](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/master/doc/g_stands_for.md)) of gRPC Core. For gRPC documentation, see [grpc.io](https://grpc.io/). For previous releases, see [Releases](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/releases). This release contains refinements, improvements, and bug fixes, with highlights listed below. Core --- - [ssl] Implement TLS private key signer in Python. ([#41701](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/41701)) - [TLS Credentials]: Priva | | `v1.80.0` | 2026-03-26 | Medium | This is release 1.80.0 ([glimmering](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/master/doc/g_stands_for.md)) of gRPC Core. For gRPC documentation, see [grpc.io](https://grpc.io/). For previous releases, see [Releases](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/releases). This release contains refinements, improvements, and bug fixes, with highlights listed below. Core --- - [ssl] Implement TLS private key signer in Python. ([#41701](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/41701)) - [TLS Credentials]: Priva | | `v1.80.0` | 2026-03-26 | Medium | This is release 1.80.0 ([glimmering](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/master/doc/g_stands_for.md)) of gRPC Core. For gRPC documentation, see [grpc.io](https://grpc.io/). For previous releases, see [Releases](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/releases). This release contains refinements, improvements, and bug fixes, with highlights listed below. Core --- - [ssl] Implement TLS private key signer in Python. ([#41701](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/41701)) - [TLS Credentials]: Priva | | `v1.80.0` | 2026-03-26 | Low | This is release 1.80.0 ([glimmering](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/master/doc/g_stands_for.md)) of gRPC Core. For gRPC documentation, see [grpc.io](https://grpc.io/). For previous releases, see [Releases](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/releases). This release contains refinements, improvements, and bug fixes, with highlights listed below. Core --- - [ssl] Implement TLS private key signer in Python. ([#41701](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/41701)) - [TLS Credentials]: Priva | | `v1.80.0` | 2026-03-26 | Low | This is release 1.80.0 ([glimmering](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/master/doc/g_stands_for.md)) of gRPC Core. For gRPC documentation, see [grpc.io](https://grpc.io/). For previous releases, see [Releases](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/releases). This release contains refinements, improvements, and bug fixes, with highlights listed below. Core --- - [ssl] Implement TLS private key signer in Python. ([#41701](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/41701)) - [TLS Credentials]: Priva | | `v1.80.0` | 2026-03-26 | Low | This is release 1.80.0 ([glimmering](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/master/doc/g_stands_for.md)) of gRPC Core. For gRPC documentation, see [grpc.io](https://grpc.io/). For previous releases, see [Releases](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/releases). This release contains refinements, improvements, and bug fixes, with highlights listed below. Core --- - [ssl] Implement TLS private key signer in Python. ([#41701](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/41701)) - [TLS Credentials]: Priva | | `v1.80.0` | 2026-03-26 | Low | This is release 1.80.0 ([glimmering](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/blob/master/doc/g_stands_for.md)) of gRPC Core. For gRPC documentation, see [grpc.io](https://grpc.io/). For previous releases, see [Releases](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/releases). This release contains refinements, improvements, and bug fixes, with highlights listed below. Core --- - [ssl] Implement TLS private key signer in Python. ([#41701](https://github.com/grpc/grpc/pull/41701)) - [TLS Credentials]: Priva | ## Citation - HTML: https://www.freshcrate.ai/projects/grpcio - Markdown: https://www.freshcrate.ai/projects/grpcio.md - Dependencies JSON: https://www.freshcrate.ai/api/projects/grpcio/deps _Generated by freshcrate.ai. Indexes pypi releases for AI-agent ecosystem packages._