CAF: C++ Actor Framework

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CAF is an open source C++11 actor model implementation featuring lightweight & fast actor implementations, pattern matching for messages, network transparent messaging, and more.

On the Web

• Homepage: http://www.actor-framework.org
• Developer Blog: http://blog.actor-framework.org
• Doxygen (HTML): http://www.actor-framework.org/doc
• Manual (HTML): http://www.actor-framework.org/manual
• Manual (PDF): http://www.actor-framework.org/pdf/manual.pdf
• Mailing List: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/actor-framework
• Chat: https://gitter.im/actor-framework/chat

Get the Sources

• git clone https://github.com/actor-framework/actor-framework.git
• cd actor-framework

First Steps

• ./configure
• make
• make install [as root, optional]

It is recommended to run the unit tests as well.

• make test

Please submit a bug report that includes (a) your compiler version, (b) your OS, and (c) the content of the file build/Testing/Temporary/LastTest.log if an error occurs.

Dependencies

• CMake
• Pthread (until C++11 compilers support the new thread_local keyword)

Supported Compilers

• GCC >= 4.7.2
• Clang >= 3.2

Supported Operating Systems

• Linux
• Mac OS X
• FreeBSD 10
• Note for MS Windows: CAF relies on C++11 features such as variadic templates and unrestricted unions. We will support Visual Studio as soon as Microsoft's compiler implements all required C++11 features. In the meantime, you can use CAF via MinGW.

Scientific Use

If you use CAF in a scientific context, please use the following citation:

@inproceedings{cshw-nassp-13,
  author = {Dominik Charousset and Thomas C. Schmidt and Raphael Hiesgen and Matthias W{\"a}hlisch},
  title = {{Native Actors -- A Scalable Software Platform for Distributed, Heterogeneous Environments}},
  booktitle = {Proc. of the 4rd ACM SIGPLAN Conference on Systems, Programming, and Applications (SPLASH '13), Workshop AGERE!},
  month = {Oct.},
  year = {2013},
  publisher = {ACM},
  address = {New York, NY, USA},
}

You will find the paper on http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2541329.2541336