fbthrift

Install command: 
brew install fbthrift

Facebook's branch of Apache Thrift, including a new C++ server

https://github.com/facebook/fbthrift

License: Apache-2.0

Development: Pull requests

Formula JSON API: /api/formula/fbthrift.json

Formula code: fbthrift.rb on GitHub

Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:

macOS on
Apple Silicon		 golden gate ✅
tahoe ✅
sequoia ✅
Linux ARM64 ✅
x86_64 ✅

Current versions:

stable ✅ 2026.10.12.00
head ⚡️ HEAD

Depends on:

double-conversion 3.4.0 Binary-decimal and decimal-binary routines for IEEE doubles
fizz 2026.10.12.00 C++14 implementation of the TLS-1.3 standard
fmt 12.2.0 Open-source formatting library for C++
folly 2026.10.12.00 Collection of reusable C++ library artifacts developed at Facebook
gflags 2.3.1 Library for processing command-line flags
glog 0.7.1 Application-level logging library
openssl@4 4.0.3 Cryptography and SSL/TLS Toolkit
wangle 2026.10.12.00 Modular, composable client/server abstractions framework
xxhash 0.8.4 Extremely fast non-cryptographic hash algorithm

Depends on when building from source:

bison 3.8.2 Parser generator
cmake 4.4.4 Cross-platform make
mvfst 2026.10.12.00 QUIC transport protocol implementation
zstd 1.5.7 Zstandard is a real-time compression algorithm

Uses from macOS: flex (build), python (build)

Conflicts with: thrift (because both install `thrift` binaries)

Binaries: thrift, thrift1

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Installs13,47127,609159,541
Installs (--HEAD)5958
Installs on Request3,8307,01942,410
Installs on Request (--HEAD)4855
Build Errors3