herbert

A simple actor framework in Rust built around centralized message routers.

herbert supports a program architecture pattern consisting of well-defined and long-lived threads that maintain their own state and interact with one another through messages sent over channels.

The problem with this approach is keeping track of all of the channels, propagating them amongst arbitrary threads, and rationalizing about their lifecycles. herbert addresses these challenges using a centralized message router. The router is responsible for spawning actors upon request, monitoring and responding to changes in their state, and routing messages to and between them.

The name was inspired by this epic review of Taco Bell Cantina:

Justice for Herbert!