CAF: C++ Actor Framework
CAF is an open source C++11 actor model implementation featuring
lightweight & fast actor implementations, pattern matching for messages,
network transparent messaging, and more.
Online Resources
- Homepage: http://www.actor-framework.org
- Developer Blog: http://blog.actor-framework.org
- Doxygen: http://www.actor-framework.org/doc
- HTML Manual: https://actor-framework.readthedocs.io
- PDF Manual: http://www.actor-framework.org/pdf/manual.pdf
Report Bugs / Get Help
- Open Issues on GitHub: https://github.com/actor-framework/actor-framework/issues/new
- Ask Questions on StackOverflow: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/ask?tags=c%2b%2b-actor-framework
Community
- Chat: https://gitter.im/actor-framework/chat
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/actor_framework
- User Mailing List: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/actor-framework
- Developer Mailing List: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/caf-devel
- Feature Proposals: https://github.com/actor-framework/evolution
Get CAF
FreeBSD Ports
We maintain a port for CAF, which you can install as follows:
pkg install caf
Alternatively, you can go to /usr/ports/devel/caf and tweak a few
configuration options before installing the port:
make config
make install clean
Homebrew
You can install the latest stable release with:
brew install caf
Alternatively, you can use the current development version by using:
brew install caf --HEAD
Conan
A Conan recipe for CAF along with pre-built libraries
for most platforms are available at bincrafters/caf.
VCPKG
You can build and install CAF using vcpkg dependency manager with a single command:
vcpkg install caf
The caf port in vcpkg is kept up to date by Microsoft team members and community contributors.
Get the Sources
- git clone https://github.com/actor-framework/actor-framework.git
- cd actor-framework
Build CAF from Source
The easiest way to build CAF is to use the configure script. Other available
options are using CMake directly or
SNocs.
Using the configure Script
The script is a convenient frontend for CMake. See configure -h
for a list of available options or read the
online documentation.
./configure
make
make test
make install [as root, optional]
Using CMake
All available CMake variables are available
online.
CAF also can be included as CMake submodule or added as dependency to other
CMake-based projects using the file cmake/FindCAF.cmake.
Using SNocs
A SNocs workspace is provided by GitHub user
osblinnikov and documented
online.
Dependencies
- CMake
- Pthread (until C++11 compilers support the new
thread_localkeyword)
Supported Compilers
- GCC >= 7
- Clang >= 4
- MSVC >= 2019
Supported Operating Systems
- Linux
- Mac OS X
- FreeBSD 10
- Windows >= 7 (currently static builds only)
Optional Dependencies
- Doxygen (for the
doxygentarget) - LaTeX (for the
manualtarget)
Scientific Use
If you use CAF in a scientific context, please use one of the following citations:
@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!},
pages = {87--96},
month = {Oct.},
year = {2013},
publisher = {ACM},
address = {New York, NY, USA}
}
@article{chs-rapc-16,
author = {Dominik Charousset and Raphael Hiesgen and Thomas C. Schmidt},
title = {{Revisiting Actor Programming in C++}},
journal = {Computer Languages, Systems \& Structures},
volume = {45},
year = {2016},
month = {April},
pages = {105--131},
publisher = {Elsevier}
}
You can find the papers online at
http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2541329.2541336 and
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cl.2016.01.002.