Buf(1)

Hey bestie!! You're reading Buf(1) — the manual page for buf, aka the Buf CLI. We're gonna get you comfy with it, no cap 💖

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🌸 NAME 🌸

buf — The Buf CLI. That's the name, that's the vibe, periodt 💅

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

buf [flags]

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

okay so buf is literally a tool for working with Protocol Buffers and managing resources on the Buf Schema Registry (BSR). It's giving main-character energy for your schemas 🫶

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• --debug[=false] — turns on debug logging (env BUF_DEBUG) 👀
• -h, --help[=false] — help for buf, bestie 💖
• --help-tree[=false] — prints the entire sub-command tree, like a cute little command family tree 🌳
• --log-format="color" — the log format text,color,json ⟨env BUF_LOG_FORMAT⟩ ✨
• --timeout=0s — the duration until timing out; setting it to 0 means no timeout (env BUF_TIMEOUT) ⏳
• --version[=false] — prints the version, slay 🏷️

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

obsessed with these sister commands? same. go check them out:

• buf-beta(1)
• buf-breaking(1)
• buf-build(1)
• buf-completion(1)
• buf-config(1)
• buf-convert(1)
• buf-curl(1)
• buf-dep(1)
• buf-export(1)
• buf-format(1)
• buf-generate(1)
• buf-lint(1)
• buf-ls-files(1)
• buf-lsp(1)
• buf-plugin(1)
• buf-push(1)
• buf-registry(1)
• buf-source(1)
• buf-stats(1)

🌈 HISTORY 🌈

• 2026-10-22 Auto generated by spf13/cobra

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