Apache Thrift Language Support

Guidance For: 0.22.0 | 0.21.0 | 0.20.0 | 0.19.0 | 0.18.0 | 0.17.0 | 0.16.0 | 0.15.0 | 0.14.0 | 0.13.0 | 0.12.0 | 0.11.0

Thrift supports many programming languages and has an impressive test suite that exercises most of the languages, protocols, and transports. Each build exercises a matrix of thousands of possible combinations. Each language typically has a minimum required version as well as support libraries - some mandatory and some optional. The information provided below will help you assess whether you can use Apache Thrift with your project. Obviously this is a complex matrix to maintain and may not be correct in all cases - if you spot an error please inform the developers using the mailing list, or better yet, Edit on GitHub.

Apache Thrift currently uses two build systems. The autoconf build system is the most complete and builds all supported languages, however it does not support Windows.. The cmake build system works on Linux and Windows, and has been designated by the project to replace autoconf however this transition will take quite some time to complete. During that transition, the cmake build will not support all languages.

The Language/Library Levels indicate the minimum and maximum versions that are used in the continuous integration environments (Appveyor, Travis) for Apache Thrift. Other language levels may be supported for each language, however tested less thoroughly; check the README file inside each lib directory for additional details. Note: while a language may contain support for protocols, transports, and servers, the extent to which each is tested as part of the overall build process varies. The definitive integration test for the project is called the “cross” test which executes a test matrix with clients and servers communicating across languages.

Thrift’s core transport (supported by all languages) is TSocket. Thrift’s core protocol is TBinary, supported by all languages except for JavaScript.

Language	Since	Build Systems			Lang/Lib Levels (Tested)																Field types	Low-Level Transports	Transport Wrappers	Protocols	Servers	Open Issues
		autoconf	cmake	Min	Max	Uuid	Domain	File		Memory	Pipe	Socket	TLS	Framed	Header	http	zlib	Binary	Compact	JSON	Multiplex	Forking	Nonblocking	Simple	Threaded	ThreadPool
C (glib)	0.6.0			2.48.2	2.56.4																					C (glib)
C++	0.2.0			C++11																						C++
Common LISP	0.12.0			SBCL 1.4.x	SBCL 1.5.3																					Common LISP
Dlang	0.9.0			2.087.0	2.087.0																					D
Dart	0.10.0			2.0.0	2.4.0																					Dart
Delphi	0.8.0			2010	Athens 12.2																					Delphi
.NET	0.13.0			.NET Standard 2.x, net8, net9																						.NET
Erlang	0.3.0			18.3	22.0																					Erlang
Go	0.7.0			1.25	1.26																					Go
Haxe	0.9.3			4.1.5	4.2.5																					Haxe
Java (SE)	0.2.0			11	19																					Java SE
Java (ME)	0.5.0			unknown																						Java ME
Javascript	0.3.0			ES5	ES6																					Javascript
Lua	0.9.2			5.1.5	5.2.4																					Lua
node.js	0.6.0			10.x	10.x																					node.js
node.ts	0.12.0			5.7.2																						node.ts
OCaml	0.2.0			4.04.0																						OCaml
Perl	0.2.0			5.22.1	5.26.1																					Perl
PHP	0.2.0			7.0.22	7.2.19																					PHP
Python	0.2.0			2.7.12, 3.5.2	2.7.15, 3.6.8																					Python
Ruby	0.2.0			2.7.8	4.0.0																					Ruby
Rust	0.11.0			1.83.0	1.xx.x																					Rust
Smalltalk	0.2.0			unknown																						Smalltalk
Language	Since	autoconf	cmake	Min	Max	Uuid	Domain	File	Memory	Pipe	Socket	TLS	Framed	Header	http	zlib	Binary	Compact	JSON	Multiplex	Forking	Nonblocking	Simple	Threaded	ThreadPool	Open Issues
		Build Systems			Lang/Lib Levels (Tested)																Field types	Low-Level Transports	Transport Wrappers	Protocols	Servers