# About the Akka gRPC category

**URL:** <https://discuss.akka.io/t/about-the-akka-grpc-category/1138>\
**Category:** Akka gRPC\
**Created:** [May 25, 2018, 10:26am UTC](https://discuss.akka.io/t/about-the-akka-grpc-category/1138 "2018-05-25T10:26:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![raboof](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.akka.io/raboof/32/2913_2.png) [@raboof](https://discuss.akka.io/u/raboof)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2018, 10:26am UTC](https://discuss.akka.io/t/about-the-akka-grpc-category/1138/1 "2018-05-25T10:26:49Z")

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Discuss the experimental Akka gRPC component built on top of Akka HTTP and Akka Streams [http://github.com/akka/akka-grpc](http://github.com/akka/akka-grpc)

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