Proto.Actor
Proto Actor - Ultra fast distributed actors for Go, C# and Java/Kotlin observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
57/100
- Activity 76
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3790
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 147
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
5492 stars · 575 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Proto.Actor is an ultra-fast, cross-platform actor framework for Go, C#/.NET, and Java/Kotlin for building distributed, message-driven systems. It provides clustering, virtual actors, supervision, and persistence, built on gRPC and Protobuf with a minimalistic API.
Use cases
- build distributed actor systems in Go or .NET
- cluster actors across nodes with virtual actor placement
- pass millions of messages per second between nodes
- replace Akka or Akka.NET with a lighter runtime
- model stateful microservices with supervision and persistence
- serialize messages explicitly with protobuf over gRPC
When to choose
- you need high-throughput message passing between distributed nodes
- you want a minimalistic actor API without heavy container configuration
- you work in Go or .NET and want cross-platform actor interop
- you prefer building on gRPC and protobuf instead of custom transports
When to avoid
- you need a fully stable 1.0 API in Go (still beta, API may change)
- you need the full Akka ecosystem of modules and tooling
- your project is single-node and doesn't need distributed actors
Facets
framework · maturity active
rpc serialization message-queue concurrency microservices microservices backend developer-tools go dotnet cross-platform jvm actor-model clustering virtual-actors grpc protobuf akka-alternative distributed-actors
5 sources
- readme: https://github.com/asynkron/protoactor-go · fetched 2026-08-28 · 2679c220b00a
- homepage: http://proto.actor · fetched 2026-08-29 · 5646f77eb65c
- site_page: https://proto.actor/docs/intro · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4e1fba247ebe
- site_page: https://proto.actor/docs/Products/bokabra · fetched 2026-08-29 · ad9c01f1f9a3
- site_page: https://proto.actor/docs/Products/inmem · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7967571abf09
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| asynkron/protoactor-go | main | 57 |
| asynkron/protoactor-dotnet | main | 59 |
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