Apache Thrift vs NativeScript

Overview

Apache Thrift

Stacks193

Followers245

Votes0

GitHub Stars10.8K

Forks4.1K

NativeScript

Stacks533

Followers1.1K

Votes516

GitHub Stars25.3K

Forks1.7K

Apache Thrift vs NativeScript: What are the differences?

What is Apache Thrift? Software framework for scalable cross-language services development. The Apache Thrift software framework, for scalable cross-language services development, combines a software stack with a code generation engine to build services that work efficiently and seamlessly between C++, Java, Python, PHP, Ruby, Erlang, Perl, Haskell, C#, Cocoa, JavaScript, Node.js, Smalltalk, OCaml and Delphi and other languages.

What is NativeScript? Build truly native apps with JavaScript. NativeScript enables developers to build native apps for iOS, Android and Windows Universal while sharing the application code across the platforms. When building the application UI, developers use our libraries, which abstract the differences between the native platforms.

Apache Thrift belongs to "Serialization Frameworks" category of the tech stack, while NativeScript can be primarily classified under "Cross-Platform Mobile Development".

Apache Thrift and NativeScript are both open source tools. It seems that NativeScript with 20K GitHub stars and 1.49K forks on GitHub has more adoption than Apache Thrift with 8.25K GitHub stars and 3.58K GitHub forks.

According to the StackShare community, NativeScript has a broader approval, being mentioned in 28 company stacks & 457 developers stacks; compared to Apache Thrift, which is listed in 52 company stacks and 48 developer stacks.

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Detailed Comparison

Apache Thrift	NativeScript
The Apache Thrift software framework, for scalable cross-language services development, combines a software stack with a code generation engine to build services that work efficiently and seamlessly between C++, Java, Python, PHP, Ruby, Erlang, Perl, Haskell, C#, Cocoa, JavaScript, Node.js, Smalltalk, OCaml and Delphi and other languages.	NativeScript enables developers to build native apps for iOS, Android and Windows Universal while sharing the application code across the platforms. When building the application UI, developers use our libraries, which abstract the differences between the native platforms.
-	100% Access to Native Platform API;NativeScript is free of charge as an open source project;Code with JavaScript. Style with CSS;Cross-platform UI abstractions;Shared business logic and data models
Statistics
GitHub Stars 10.8K	GitHub Stars 25.3K
GitHub Forks 4.1K	GitHub Forks 1.7K
Stacks 193	Stacks 533
Followers 245	Followers 1.1K
Votes 0	Votes 516
Pros & Cons
No community feedback yet	Pros 75 Access to the entire native api 47 Support for native ios and android libraries 46 Angular 2.0 support 46 Support for javascript libraries 44 Native ux and performance Cons 5 Lack of promotion 1 Slower Performance compared to competitors

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Vue Native

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