Akka

aid: akka
name: Akka
description: Akka is a toolkit and runtime for building highly concurrent, distributed, and resilient message-driven applications
  on the JVM using the actor model for Java and Scala. Maintained by Lightbend, Akka provides a comprehensive set of libraries
  including actors, HTTP, streams, cluster, persistence, and gRPC for building reactive, microservice-based architectures.
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tags:
- Actor Model
- Distributed Systems
- Frameworks
- Java
- Microservices
- Reactive
- Scala
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created: '2026-03-26'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: akka:akka-http
  name: Akka HTTP
  description: Akka HTTP is a full HTTP stack (client and server-side) built on Akka actors and streams. It provides a routing
    DSL for building REST and WebSocket services, with built-in JSON marshalling, TLS support, and HTTP/2 capabilities.
  humanURL: https://doc.akka.io/libraries/akka-http/current/
  tags:
  - HTTP
  - REST API
  - Reactive
  - Streaming
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://doc.akka.io/libraries/akka-http/current/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://doc.akka.io/libraries/akka-http/current/introduction.html
- aid: akka:akka-streams
  name: Akka Streams
  description: Akka Streams is a library to process and transfer a sequence of elements using bounded buffer space, implementing
    the Reactive Streams specification for asynchronous stream processing with non-blocking backpressure.
  humanURL: https://doc.akka.io/libraries/akka/current/stream/index.html
  tags:
  - Backpressure
  - Data Streaming
  - Reactive
  - Reactive Streams
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://doc.akka.io/libraries/akka/current/stream/index.html
- aid: akka:akka-grpc
  name: Akka gRPC
  description: Akka gRPC provides support for building streaming gRPC servers and clients on top of Akka Streams, with code
    generation from protobuf definitions for both Java and Scala.
  humanURL: https://doc.akka.io/libraries/akka-grpc/current/
  tags:
  - gRPC
  - Protobuf
  - Streaming
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://doc.akka.io/libraries/akka-grpc/current/
- aid: akka:akka-bootstrap-api
  name: Akka Bootstrap API
  description: Cluster bootstrap discovery endpoints.
  humanURL: https://doc.akka.io/libraries/akka-management/current/
  tags:
  - Bootstrap
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/akka-bootstrap-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://doc.akka.io/libraries/akka-management/current/
- aid: akka:akka-cluster-api
  name: Akka Cluster API
  description: Cluster membership management endpoints.
  humanURL: https://doc.akka.io/libraries/akka-management/current/
  tags:
  - Cluster
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/akka-cluster-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://doc.akka.io/libraries/akka-management/current/
- aid: akka:akka-health-api
  name: Akka Health API
  description: Health check endpoints for liveness and readiness probes.
  humanURL: https://doc.akka.io/libraries/akka-management/current/
  tags:
  - Health
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/akka-health-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://doc.akka.io/libraries/akka-management/current/
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- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/akka-agentic-access.yml
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/akka-trust-center.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/akka-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/akka-io
- type: Website
  url: https://akka.io/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://doc.akka.io/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://doc.akka.io/libraries/akka/current/typed/guide/introduction.html
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  url: https://github.com/akka
- type: Blog
  url: https://akka.io/blog/
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  url: https://akka.io/pricing/
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- type: Features
  data:
  - name: Actor Model
    description: Lightweight concurrent entities (actors) that communicate via asynchronous message passing, enabling high-throughput
      distributed computation.
  - name: Cluster Sharding
    description: Distributes actors across a cluster and automatically rebalances them when nodes join or leave the cluster.
  - name: Persistence and Event Sourcing
    description: Durable actor state through event sourcing with pluggable journal backends (Cassandra, PostgreSQL, DynamoDB,
      etc.).
  - name: Distributed Data
    description: Conflict-free replicated data types (CRDTs) for sharing data across cluster nodes without coordination overhead.
  - name: HTTP and WebSocket
    description: Full HTTP/1.1 and HTTP/2 server and client stack with routing DSL, JSON support, and WebSocket upgrades.
  - name: Reactive Streams
    description: Backpressure-aware stream processing compliant with the Reactive Streams specification, integrating with
      RxJava, Project Reactor, and others.
- type: UseCases
  data:
  - name: Microservices
    description: Teams build resilient, location-transparent microservices using Akka actors and HTTP with built-in backpressure
      and supervision.
  - name: Real-Time Data Processing
    description: Organizations process high-throughput event streams using Akka Streams with exactly-once processing guarantees.
  - name: Distributed State Management
    description: Applications maintain distributed mutable state using cluster sharding and distributed data without external
      coordination systems.
  - name: Event Sourcing
    description: Systems implement event sourcing and CQRS patterns using Akka Persistence with pluggable journal backends.
- type: Integrations
  data:
  - name: Apache Kafka
    description: Alpakka Kafka connector for consuming and producing Kafka messages
  - name: Cassandra
    description: Alpakka Cassandra connector and Akka Persistence journal
  - name: AWS
    description: Alpakka connectors for S3, SQS, SNS, DynamoDB, and other AWS services
  - name: gRPC
    description: Akka gRPC for code generation from protobuf and streaming gRPC services
  - name: Spring Boot
    description: Integration with Spring Boot for mixed Akka and Spring applications
- type: Integrations
  url: https://akka.io/partners
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  url: https://akka.io/llms.txt
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maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com