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Description:
Framework for scalable cross-language services development

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | @ApacheThrift | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: rpc serialization microservices cross-platform idl protocol

Install: brew install thrift

About:
Apache Thrift is an interface definition language and binary communication protocol used for defining and creating services across multiple programming languages. It enables seamless data serialization and RPC communication between heterogeneous systems, making it ideal for building scalable microservices. The tool generates code stubs for various languages, eliminating the boilerplate needed for cross-language interoperability.

Key Features:

Multi-language code generation (C++, Java, Python, Go, etc.)
Compact binary protocol for efficient data serialization
Support for synchronous and asynchronous RPC
Interface Definition Language (IDL) for service definitions

Use Cases:

Building cross-language microservices architectures
High-performance inter-service communication in distributed systems
Creating efficient APIs for mobile and web applications

Alternatives:

Protocol Buffers – Google's solution with similar capabilities but smaller language support and no built-in RPC
gRPC – Modern RPC framework built on HTTP/2, offering streaming and better tooling but larger footprint

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Feb 8, 2026 8:04pm		1	REVISION_ONLY	7a5141f6
Sep 10, 2025 7:12pm		0	VERSION_BUMP	780e1de4