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Apache Thrift

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.

Apache Thrift publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Apache, Code Generation, Cross Language, Open Source, and RPC.

The Apache Thrift catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

Apache Thrift’s developer surface includes documentation and 11 more developer resources.

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35.1/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-05 · rubric v0.9.1
AccessFreemium
1 APIs
ApacheCode GenerationCross LanguageOpen SourceRPCSDKsSerializationThrift

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Composite quality — 35.1/100 · thin
Contract Quality 6.9 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 1.7 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 4.8 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Apache Thrift

Apache Thrift is a lightweight, language-independent software stack for point-to-point RPC implementation. It provides abstractions for data transport, serialization, and applic...

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Thrift Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Thrift Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Thrift Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Thrift Context

42 classes · 15 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Apache Thrift API Rules

6 rules · 5 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Apache Thrift IDL Definition

9 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Thrift Idl Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Thrift Calculator Service Example

11 fields

EXAMPLE

Thrift Client Server Example

7 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Thrift Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Thrift Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization
 npm
npm

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure
VulnerabilityDisclosure
 DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Issue Tracker
Issue Tracker

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Other 5

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Mailing List
Mailing List
 Download
Download
 Maven
Maven
 PyPI
PyPI
 Packagist
Packagist

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
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
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/thrift.png
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: GettingStarted
    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: dev@thrift.apache.org
  version: 0.23.0
common:
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/thrift-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/thrift-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://thrift.apache.org/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://thrift.apache.org/docs/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  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: kin@apievangelist.com