Restate
Durable execution engine for resilient applications
Restate is a system for building resilient applications using durable execution, ensuring workflows, handlers, and communication survive failures. It runs as a single self-hostable binary.
Key features
- Durable execution runtime
- Single-binary deployment
- Exactly-once handlers
- Built-in observability
Strengths
- Released under the BUSL-1.1 license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Active community (4.3k GitHub stars)
- Written in Rust
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