Apache Thrift is a software framework for scalable cross-language services development. Apache Thrift allows you to define data types and service interfaces in a simple definition file. Taking that file as input, the compiler generates code to be used to easily build RPC clients and servers that communicate seamlessly across programming languages. Thrift is a lightweight, language-independent software stack for point-to-point RPC implementation. Thrift provides clean abstractions and implementations for data transport, data serialization, and application level processing. Thrift is specifically designed to support non-atomic version changes across client and server code. This allows you to upgrade your server while still being able to service older clients; or have newer clients issue requests to older servers. For more details on Thrift's design and implementation, see the Thrift whitepaper included in this distribution, or at the README.md file.
Features
- Thrift makes it easy for programs written in different programming languages to share data and call remote procedures
- With support for 28 programming languages, chances are Thrift supports the languages that you currently use
- Thrift is specifically designed to support non-atomic version changes across client and server code
- Upgrade your server while still being able to service older clients
- Apache Thrift’s compiler is written in C++ and designed to be portable
- Apache Thrift allows you to define data types and service interfaces in a simple definition file