Anki gRPC

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Anki gRPC is a Rust CLI that forwards upstream protobuf commands to Anki’s native backend. It initializes one backend at startup using Anki’s default options. Anki owns collection semantics; the caller owns process lifetime and crash handling. Stdin/stdout is the default transport. TCP and Unix sockets are also supported. Diagnostics use stderr.

Build

From the repository root:

bazel_agent bazel build //projects/anki_grpc:anki_grpc //projects/anki_grpc:clippy

Build an optimized worker with bazel_agent bazel build -c opt //projects/anki_grpc. Optimized builds strip the final Rust executable’s debugging information and static symbols; development builds retain them.

Anki gRPC

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Anki gRPC exposes Anki’s native backend to applications in other languages. Clients use Anki’s own protobuf messages to open collections, edit notes, and invoke backend operations without running the desktop application.

The server is a Rust CLI with stdin/stdout as its default transport. TCP and Unix sockets are available through command-line options. The backend is ready at startup, and Anki owns collection behavior. Applications own server lifetime and recovery after failures.

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Anki gRPC

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Anki gRPC