* all sorts of protocols used in Baidu: [baidu_std](docs/cn/baidu_std.md), [streaming_rpc](docs/en/streaming_rpc.md), hulu_pbrpc, [sofa_pbrpc](https://github.com/baidu/sofa-pbrpc), nova_pbrpc, public_pbrpc, ubrpc, and nshead-based ones.
* Access protobuf-based protocols with HTTP+json, probably from another language.
* Build [HA](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_availability) distributed services using an industrial-grade implementation of [RAFT consensus algorithm](https://raft.github.io) which is opensourced at [braft](https://github.com/brpc/braft)
* Servers can handle requests [synchronously](server.md) or [asynchronously](server.md#asynchronous-service).
* Clients can access servers [synchronously](client.md#synchronus-call), [asynchronously](client.md#asynchronous-call), [semi-synchronously](client.md#semi-synchronous-call), or use [combo channels](combo_channel.md) to simplify sharded or parallel accesses declaratively.
* Servers can handle requests [synchronously](docs/en/server.md) or [asynchronously](docs/en/server.md#asynchronous-service).
* Clients can access servers [synchronously](docs/en/client.md#synchronus-call), [asynchronously](docs/en/client.md#asynchronous-call), [semi-synchronously](docs/en/client.md#semi-synchronous-call), or use [combo channels](docs/en/combo_channel.md) to simplify sharded or parallel accesses declaratively.
* Debug services [via http](docs/en/builtin_service.md), and run [cpu](docs/cn/cpu_profiler.md), [heap](docs/cn/heap_profiler.md) and [contention](docs/cn/contention_profiler.md) profilers.
* Get [better latency and throughput](docs/en/overview.md#better-latency-and-throughput).
*[Extend brpc](docs/en/new_protocol.md) with the protocols used in your organization quickly, or customize components, including [naming services](docs/cn/load_balancing.md#名字服务)(dns, zk, etcd), [load balancers](docs/cn/load_balancing.md#负载均衡)(rr, random, consistent hashing)
