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Production-ready dotnet new templates for Akka.NET.

All of these templates are designed to be simple and provide you with a relatively complete structure to get started developing your own Akka.NET applications from scratch.

Upon installing these templates via the dotnet CLI, you will have access to them from both the dotnet CLI itself and as "new project" template options in any .NET IDE - such as Visual Studio and JetBrains Rider!

Installation

To install these templates, just install the Akka.Templates package from NuGet:

dotnet new install "Akka.Templates::*"

To upgrade these templates to a newer version:

dotnet new update

To uninstall these templates from your local machine:

dotnet new uninstall Akka.Templates

Available Templates

The following templates are available as part of the Akka.Templates package:

Template Short Name Description
Akka.WebApi akkawebapi A template for building ASP.NET HTTP APIs on top of an Akka.NET Cluster. Uses Akka.Cluster.Sharding and, optionally: Akka.Management + Akka.Persistence.Azure + Akka.Azure.Discovery. This template is meant as a starter for building distributed systems with Akka.NET
Akka.Console akkaconsole This is a simple template designed to incorporate local Akka.NET into a console application.
Akka.Streams akkastreams This is a simple template designed to incorporate Akka.NET's Akka.Streams APIs into a local console template.

See the official dotnet new documentation for more information on the sorts of options that are available when using project templates.

Questions, Comments, and Suggestions

We accept pull requests! Please let us know what we can do to make these templates more useful, extensible, or easier to use.