fbthrift
brew install fbthriftFacebook'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 | ✅ | 2026.10.26.00 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Depends on:
| double-conversion | 3.4.0 | Binary-decimal and decimal-binary routines for IEEE doubles |
| fizz | 2026.10.26.00 | C++14 implementation of the TLS-1.3 standard |
| fmt | 12.2.1 | Open-source formatting library for C++ |
| folly | 2026.10.26.00 | 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 | 4.1.0 | Cryptography and SSL/TLS Toolkit |
| wangle | 2026.10.26.00 | 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 | 4.4.5 | Cross-platform make |
| mvfst | 2026.10.26.00 | 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
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 119,813 |
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| Downloads | 11,091,074 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 10,683 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 11.2× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-08T00:53:16Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-09 to 2026-11-08. Totals exclude downloads from Bintray before the migration to GitHub Packages. Downloads and install attempts measure different things; the difference does not count analytics opt-outs. Definitions and limitations.
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 10,677 | 27,612 | 152,570 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 6 | 10 | 51 |
| Installs on Request | 2,731 | 7,143 | 40,285 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 6 | 9 | 48 |
| Build Errors | 2 |