GitHub - OpenArkStudio/ark: ark is a C++20 distributed application framework with plugins and modules.

Compose services. Model entities. Connect processes.

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Features

Services: plugins and modules with lifecycle hooks; business plugins stay in their application repositories.
Entity data: properties, tables and containers with metadata, configuration defaults and change callbacks.
Communication: TCP, WebSocket, HTTP and RUDP through arknet, with bus identifiers and message routing.
Tooling: Protobuf messages and Excel configuration generation.

Build on Linux, macOS or Windows with C++20, CMake 3.21+, Ninja and vcpkg. Windows requires Visual Studio 2022+.

Configure app-build/ using the installation guide, then build:

cmake --build app-build --config Release --parallel 2

Follow the quick start to prepare the runtime binaries and configuration. On macOS/Linux, start Timers from run/timers/:

./bin/app --busid=1.0.1.1 --name=timers \
  --app_conf=conf/timers.app.toml --log_conf=conf/log.conf

The legacy Unity client has not been verified against the current ark server.

Core developers: Nick Yang, flyicegood and loscaz. Thanks to all contributors.