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backstage

This repository contains an experimental actor framework built using the Zig programming language. The framework implements actor-based concurrent programming patterns, including message passing between actors, actor lifecycle management, and state isolation. It leverages the libxev library for its event loop and concurrency.

No version declaredSystems & OSScore 26.0Thomvanoorschot/backstage ↗

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forks 3

Last push

1.2 years ago

2025-08-08

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Declared deps

build.zig.zon present

Zig version check

Zig version	Verdict	Basis
0.13	No version declared	The manifest has no minimum_zig_version field
0.14	No version declared	The manifest has no minimum_zig_version field
0.15	No version declared	The manifest has no minimum_zig_version field
0.16	No version declared	The manifest has no minimum_zig_version field
0.17 (current stable)	No version declared	The manifest has no minimum_zig_version field
0.18-dev / master	No version declared	The manifest has no minimum_zig_version field

Adding it as a dependency

zig fetch --save=backstage https://github.com/Thomvanoorschot/backstage/archive/refs/heads/main.tar.gz

The command above packs a branch and is not pinned to a tag. In production, switch to refs/tags/<tag>.tar.gz and keep the hash that zig fetch --save writes for you.

What it depends on (4)

libxev → mitchellh/libxev zignite → thomvanoorschot/zignite protobuf → arwalk/zig-protobuf zbor → r4gus/zbor

Index record

Canonical key: thomvanoorschot/backstage
License: Unrecognized
Created: 2025-02-13
Open issues: 3
Package / version: backstage / 0.1.0
Topics: actor、actor-framework、libuv、libxev、zig-package、ziglang
Classification basis: desc:event loop、desc:concurrency · confidence medium

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