eliben/raft resource

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An instructional implementation of the Raft distributed consensus algorithm in Go, organized as self-contained partN directories accompanying a blog post series. It includes tests, a log visualization tool, and a key/value database built on top of the Raft implementation.

Use cases

• learn how the raft consensus algorithm works
• understand leader election and log replication with readable code
• study a step-by-step raft implementation with blog posts
• visualize raft server logs during tests
• see how to build a key/value database on raft
• reference implementation for writing my own consensus code

When to choose

• you want to learn or teach raft by reading clear, dependency-free Go code
• you want a small, self-contained raft codebase to experiment with
• you want to follow along with an in-depth blog series on consensus

When to avoid

• you need a production-grade raft library for a real distributed system
• you need a maintained, feature-complete consensus package with support guarantees
• you expect a single reusable module - the code is deliberately duplicated across parts

Facets

learning-resource · maturity active

concurrency developer-tools testing microservices tutorials education go cli cross-platform raft consensus distributed-systems instructional go blog-series algorithms

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