thrift

Generate code for a specific language from a Thrift file

$ thrift --gen [language] [file.thrift]

$ thrift --gen [language] -o [output_directory] [file.thrift]

$ thrift --gen [language]:key1=val1,key2=val2 [file.thrift]

$ thrift -r --gen [language] [file.thrift]

$ thrift -I [include_dir] --gen [language] [file.thrift]

$ thrift --help

thrift [-o dir] [-out dir] [-I dir] [-nowarn] [-strict] [-v] [-r] [-debug] --gen lang[:options] file.thrift

thrift is the compiler for Apache Thrift, a framework for scalable cross-language services development. It combines a software stack with a code generation engine to build efficient and seamless services between languages like C++, Java, Python, PHP, Ruby, Erlang, Perl, Haskell, C#, JavaScript, Node.js, and more.
The compiler reads a Thrift Interface Definition Language (IDL) file containing struct and service definitions, then generates language-specific implementation code. This enables developers to define data types and service interfaces once and generate the boilerplate code for multiple programming languages.
Common generators include: cpp, java, py, rb, php, js, go, rs (Rust), swift, and many others. Run thrift without arguments to see all available generators for your installation.

--gen lang[:key=val,...]

Generate code with the specified generator. Language options can be passed as comma-separated key=value pairs.

Set the output directory for gen-* packages. Default is the current directory.

Set the output location directly without creating a gen-* folder.

Add a directory to search for include directives. Can be specified multiple times.

Also generate code for included Thrift files recursively.

Suppress all compiler warnings.

Enable strict compiler warnings.

Enable verbose output mode.

Print parse debug trace to stdout.

Print the compiler version and exit.

Generated code structure and options vary significantly between language generators. Some generators may require additional runtime libraries to be installed. The -nowarn flag is generally discouraged as it can hide important compatibility issues.

Apache Thrift was originally developed at Facebook in 2007 and was open-sourced in April 2008. It became an Apache Incubator project in May 2008 and graduated to a top-level Apache project in October 2010. The framework was designed to enable efficient and reliable communication across programming languages at scale.

protoc(1), grpc(1)