Apache Thrift

aid: thrift
name: Apache Thrift
description: >-
  Apache Thrift is a cross-language RPC framework originally developed at
  Facebook for scalable cross-language services development. It provides a
  lightweight, language-independent software stack for point-to-point RPC
  implementation with clean abstractions for data transport, serialization,
  and application-level processing. The framework includes an Interface
  Definition Language (IDL) compiler that generates client and server code
  for 28+ programming languages including C++, Java, Python, Go, Ruby, PHP,
  Node.js, C#, and many others, enabling seamless cross-language service
  communication.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Apache
  - Code Generation
  - Cross Language
  - Open Source
  - RPC
  - SDKs
  - Serialization
  - Thrift
url: >-
  https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/thrift/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-03-27'
modified: '2026-05-03'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
  - aid: thrift:thrift
    name: Apache Thrift
    description: >-
      Apache Thrift is a lightweight, language-independent software stack for
      point-to-point RPC implementation. It provides abstractions for data
      transport, serialization, and application-level processing with a code
      generation engine that produces client and server code for 28+
      programming languages from a simple Interface Definition Language (IDL)
      definition. Thrift supports backward and forward compatibility through
      non-atomic version changes and is widely used for building high-performance
      cross-language microservices.
    humanURL: https://thrift.apache.org/
    baseURL: https://thrift.apache.org/
    tags:
      - Apache
      - Code Generation
      - Cross Language
      - IDL
      - Open Source
      - RPC
      - SDKs
      - Serialization
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://thrift.apache.org/docs/
      - type: Getting Started
        url: https://thrift.apache.org/tutorial/
      - type: Download
        url: https://thrift.apache.org/download
      - type: GitHub
        url: https://github.com/apache/thrift
      - type: IDL Specification
        url: https://thrift.apache.org/docs/idl
      - type: Language Support
        url: https://thrift.apache.org/docs/Languages
      - type: npm
        url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/thrift
      - type: Maven
        url: https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.thrift/libthrift
      - type: Packagist
        url: https://packagist.org/packages/apache/thrift
      - type: PyPI
        url: https://pypi.org/project/thrift/
      - type: Changelog
        url: https://github.com/apache/thrift/blob/master/CHANGES.md
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/thrift/refs/heads/main/json-schema/thrift-idl-schema.json
      - type: JSONStructure
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/thrift/refs/heads/main/json-structure/thrift-idl-structure.json
      - type: JSONLDContext
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/thrift/refs/heads/main/json-ld/thrift-context.jsonld
      - type: Vocabulary
        url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/thrift/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/thrift-vocabulary.yml
    contact:
      - FN: Apache Thrift Developers
        url: https://thrift.apache.org/mailing
        email: [email protected]
    version: 0.23.0
common:
  - type: Website
    url: https://thrift.apache.org/
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://thrift.apache.org/docs/
  - type: GitHub Organization
    url: https://github.com/apache/thrift
  - type: Mailing List
    url: https://thrift.apache.org/mailing
  - type: Issue Tracker
    url: https://issues.apache.org/jira/projects/THRIFT
  - type: Download
    url: https://thrift.apache.org/download
  - type: npm
    url: https://www.npmjs.com/package/thrift
  - type: Maven
    url: https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.apache.thrift/libthrift
  - type: PyPI
    url: https://pypi.org/project/thrift/
  - type: Packagist
    url: https://packagist.org/packages/apache/thrift
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: [email protected]