Case study

starlink-rs: Starlink dish gRPC definitions and client

starlink-rs reconstructs Protobuf definitions exposed through a Starlink user terminal's gRPC server reflection and implements a Rust client for the dish. Its examples exercise request and response handling and bidirectional streaming over the local HTTP/2 endpoint.

Targets: Protocol
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06

Stars: 46
Last commit: 2023-12-14
Language: Rust
License (GitHub): Apache-2.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Access to a Starlink dish's local gRPC endpoint at 192.168.100.1:9200.
Limits: The author describes the recovered Protobuf definitions as probably still flawed.
License: Licensed under MIT or Apache-2.0, at the user's option.

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BibTeX

@misc{starlink-rs-case,
  title = {{starlink-rs: Starlink dish gRPC definitions and client}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/ewilken/starlink-rs}},
  url = {https://github.com/ewilken/starlink-rs},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/starlink-rs-case/}}
}

Plain text

starlink-rs: Starlink dish gRPC definitions and client. https://github.com/ewilken/starlink-rs (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/starlink-rs-case/

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README.md GitHub · ewilken/starlink-rs · Revision 7fb3fbd
codegen/static/README.md GitHub · ewilken/starlink-rs · Revision 7fb3fbd