# nautilus-common
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Common componentry for [NautilusTrader](https://nautilustrader.io).
The `nautilus-common` crate provides shared components and utilities that form the system foundation for
NautilusTrader applications. This includes the actor system, message bus, caching layer, and other
essential services.
## NautilusTrader
[NautilusTrader](https://nautilustrader.io) is an open-source, production-grade, Rust-native
engine for multi-asset, multi-venue trading systems.
The system spans research, deterministic simulation, and live execution within a single
event-driven architecture, providing research-to-live semantic parity.
## Feature flags
This crate provides feature flags to control source code inclusion during compilation:
- `ffi`: Enables the C foreign function interface (FFI) from [cbindgen](https://github.com/mozilla/cbindgen).
- `python`: Enables Python bindings from [PyO3](https://pyo3.rs).
- `defi`: Enables DeFi (Decentralized Finance) support.
- `indicators`: Includes the `nautilus-indicators` crate and indicator utilities.
- `capnp`: Enables [Cap'n Proto](https://capnproto.org/) serialization support.
- `live`: Enables the Tokio async runtime for live trading.
- `tracing-bridge`: Enables the `tracing` subscriber bridge for log integration.
- `extension-module`: Builds as a Python extension module.
## Documentation
See [the docs](https://docs.rs/nautilus-common) for more detailed usage.
## License
The source code for NautilusTrader is available on GitHub under the [GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl-3.0.en.html).
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For more information, visit <https://nautilustrader.io>.
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