LANGUAGES.md

Apache Thrift Language Support

Last Modified: 2017-10-05
Version: 0.11.0+

Thrift supports many programming languages and has an impressive test suite that exercises most of the languages, protocols, and transports that represents 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. All of this information is provided below to 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.

Apache Thrift has a choice of two build systems. The autoconf build system is the most complete build and is used to build all supported languages. The cmake build system has been designated by the project to replace autoconf however this transition will take quite some time to complete.

The Language/Library Levels indicate the minimum and maximum versions that are used in the continuous integration environments (Appveyor, Travis) for Apache Thrift. Note that 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.

Language	Build Systems		Lang/Lib Levels		Low-Level Transports						Transport Wrappers			Protocols				Servers					Open Issues
	autoconf	cmake	Min	Max	Domain	File	Memory	Pipe	Socket	TLS	Framed	http	zlib	Binary	Compact	JSON	Multiplex	Forking	Nonblocking	Simple	Threaded	ThreadPool
ActionScript			ActionScript 3																				ActionScript
C (glib)			2.40.2	2.54.0																			C (glib)
C++			C++98, gcc																				C++
C#			.NET 3.5 / mono 3.2.8.0	.NET 4.6.1 / mono 4.6.2.7																			C# (.NET)
Cocoa			unknown																				Cocoa
D			2.070.2	2.076.0																			D
Dart			1.20.1	1.24.2																			Dart
Delphi			2010	unknown																			Delphi
.NET Core			2.0.0	2.0.3																			.NET Core
Erlang			R16B03	20.0.4																			Erlang
Go			1.2.1	1.8.3																			Go
Haskell			7.6.3	8.0.2																			Haskell
Haxe			3.2.1																				Haxe
Java (SE)			1.7.0_151	1.8.0_144																			Java SE
Java (ME)			unknown																				Java ME
Javascript			unknown																				Javascript
Lua			5.1.5	5.2.4																			Lua
node.js			4.2.6	8.9.1																			node.js
OCaml			4.02.3	4.04.0																			OCaml
Perl			5.18.2	5.26.0																			Perl
PHP			5.5.9	7.1.8																			PHP
Python			2.7.6, 3.4.3	2.7.14, 3.6.3																			Python
Ruby			1.9.3p484	2.3.3p222																			Ruby
Rust			1.15.1	1.18.0																			Rust
Smalltalk			unknown																				Smalltalk
Language	autoconf	cmake	Min	Max	Domain	File	Memory	Pipe	Socket	TLS	Framed	http	zlib	Binary	Compact	JSON	Multiplex	Forking	Nonblocking	Simple	Threaded	ThreadPool	Open Issues
	Build Systems		Lang/Lib Levels		Low-Level Transports						Transport Wrappers			Protocols				Servers