# heidihoward/distributed-consensus-reading-list

A list of papers about distributed consensus.

Repository: https://github.com/heidihoward/distributed-consensus-reading-list
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/distributed-consensus-reading-list
Homepage: https://heidihoward.github.io/distributed-consensus-reading-list/
License Family: other
Topics: distributed-systems, paxos, atomic-broadcast-protocol, zookeeper, fault-tolerance, distributed-computing, consensus-algorithms, quorum-systems, state-machine-replication, consistency, replication
Last push: 2026-04-27T08:21:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 68/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 79, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
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- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2649, forks 218 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:06.917481+00:00)

## What it is
A curated reading list of academic papers on distributed consensus (atomic broadcast), organized into sections covering theory, algorithms, production systems, and related topics like quorum systems and Byzantine fault tolerance. It highlights influential papers and hidden gems with open-access links where available.

## Use cases
- learn distributed consensus algorithms
- find papers about paxos and raft
- reading list for state machine replication
- research byzantine fault tolerance papers
- get started with distributed systems theory
- find consensus algorithm implementations papers
- study quorum systems and replication

## When to choose
- you want a curated, sectioned bibliography of consensus research with influential papers highlighted
- you are a student or researcher surveying the distributed consensus literature
- you want open-access links to foundational papers like Paxos and related work

## When to avoid
- you need runnable consensus library code or implementations rather than papers
- you want tutorials or courses rather than an academic paper list
- you need Byzantine-fault-tolerance-only resources in depth beyond the related-topics section

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: documentation
- domain: microservices, tutorials, awesome-lists
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: reading-list, consensus, paxos, raft, state-machine-replication, byzantine-fault-tolerance, papers, distributed-systems, algorithms

## Member repositories
- heidihoward/distributed-consensus-reading-list (main) score 68

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:06.917481+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:18:54.683950+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/heidihoward/distributed-consensus-reading-list (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:06.917481+00:00, sha fc0fb487bc10)
  - homepage: https://heidihoward.github.io/distributed-consensus-reading-list/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:02:02.189953+00:00, sha 7e635fd90186)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.