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facebook/fbthrift

Facebook's branch of Apache Thrift, including a new C++ server. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/facebook/fbthrift · C++ · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

67/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4810
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 7
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2697 stars · 644 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Facebook's evolved branch of Apache Thrift, providing a serialization and RPC framework with a rewritten compiler and a fully asynchronous C++ Thrift server. It generates client/server stubs and serializable data structures across languages with strong C++, Python, Hack, and Java support.

Use cases

  • build high-performance RPC services in C++
  • serialize structured data across languages
  • generate client and server stubs from Thrift IDL files
  • run an asynchronous Thrift server for microservices
  • serialize records on disk for storage systems

When to choose

  • you need a battle-tested RPC framework at large scale, as used at Facebook
  • you want cross-language serialization with a schema/IDL
  • you need a fully asynchronous C++ server

When to avoid

  • you need vanilla Apache Thrift compatibility, since this branch has diverged
  • your stack doesn't include C++, Python, Hack, or Java
  • you want a simple REST/JSON API instead of binary RPC

Facets

library · maturity active

rpc serialization http-server microservices backend apis developer-tools cpp python windows cross-platform thrift facebook async-server idl microservices code-generation linux macos

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Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
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