--- title: The Buf CLI has reached version v1.0 · Buf | daily.dev description: The Buf CLI, a unified tool for Protobuf development covering linting, breaking change detection, code generation, and dependency management, has reached its... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-buf-cli-has-reached-version-v1-0-buf-gobc7zrhg twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Buf CLI has reached version v1.0 · Buf | daily.dev og:description: The Buf CLI, a unified tool for Protobuf development covering linting, breaking change detection, code generation, and dependency management, has reached its... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-buf-cli-has-reached-version-v1-0-buf-gobc7zrhg og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gObc7ZrhG.png og:image:alt: The Buf CLI has reached version v1.0 · Buf og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Buf CLI has reached version v1.0 · Buf **[Buf Blog](https://daily.dev/sources/buf)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The Buf CLI, a unified tool for Protobuf development covering linting, breaking change detection, code generation, and dependency management, has reached its v1.0 milestone after more than two years of development. The team commits to no breaking changes until a v2.0 release, which they currently have no plans to ship, and recommends existing users upgrade to 1.0. The tool integrates with the Buf Schema Registry (BSR) for managing versioned Protobuf modules, remote plugins, and generated documentation, with most BSR functionality still in beta. Buf CLI is fully open source under the Apache 2.0 license. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What does reaching v1.0 mean for the Buf CLI's stability guarantees? Buf CLI's 1.0 release means no breaking changes will be introduced within the version line until a hypothetical v2.0, which the maintainers currently have no plans to ever release. New features will still ship, but existing functionality users rely on is guaranteed to remain stable going forward. _daily.dev helps teams track stability commitments like this before locking in a CLI dependency._ ### What can the buf CLI do for Protobuf projects? The buf CLI acts as a one-stop tool for Protobuf development, offering buf lint for enforcing schema best practices, buf breaking for detecting incompatible changes between Protobuf inputs (such as comparing git branches), buf generate for producing code stubs without complex protoc invocations, and dependency management via buf.yaml instead of vendoring. _Developers evaluating Protobuf tooling can follow releases like this one on daily.dev._ ### Is the Buf Schema Registry (BSR) functionality in the buf CLI stable? No, most BSR-related actions in the buf CLI live under the buf beta command and are not yet stable, even though the CLI itself reached its 1.0 milestone. The registry provides versioned Buf modules, remote code generation, hosted Protobuf plugins, and generated API documentation, with plans to move this functionality out of beta. _Keep tabs on beta-to-stable transitions like the BSR's on daily.dev before depending on them in production._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [The modern Protobuf workflow · Buf](https://daily.dev/posts/the-modern-protobuf-workflow-buf-c2m7gywhe) · Buf Blog · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Protobuf, JSON Schema, and OpenAPI · Buf](https://daily.dev/posts/protobuf-json-schema-and-openapi-buf-00wgyenfv) · Buf Blog · 7 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#architecture](https://daily.dev/tags/architecture), [#backend](https://daily.dev/tags/backend), [#grpc](https://daily.dev/tags/grpc) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-buf-cli-has-reached-version-v1-0-buf-gobc7zrhg) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The Buf CLI has reached version v1.0 · Buf","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-buf-cli-has-reached-version-v1-0-buf-gobc7zrhg","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-buf-cli-has-reached-version-v1-0-buf-gobc7zrhg"},"datePublished":"2026-08-23T07:20:08.737Z","dateModified":"2026-08-23T07:20:28.762Z","description":"The Buf CLI, a unified tool for Protobuf development covering linting, breaking change detection, code generation, and dependency management, has reached its...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/72299205d2eb930de704f6d0982a0691?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/72299205d2eb930de704f6d0982a0691?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Buf Blog","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Buf Blog","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--2YBgo_Nm--/f_auto,q_auto/v1787469605/logos/buf?_a=BAMAMicg0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/buf"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-buf-cli-has-reached-version-v1-0-buf-gobc7zrhg","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"open-source,architecture,backend,grpc","timeRequired":"PT4M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Buf Blog","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/buf"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The Buf CLI has reached version v1.0 · Buf"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-buf-cli-has-reached-version-v1-0-buf-gobc7zrhg#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What does reaching v1.0 mean for the Buf CLI's stability guarantees?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Buf CLI's 1.0 release means no breaking changes will be introduced within the version line until a hypothetical v2.0, which the maintainers currently have no plans to ever release. 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