Actor Shell

Non-frustrating Windows/Linux UI shell on an Erlang-style actor runtime (D).
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About The Project

Non-frustrating Windows/Linux UI shell built on an Erlang-style actor runtime in native D.

Eliminate UI stutter and hangs by treating every UI component as an isolated lightweight process (fiber) under a supervision tree.

Docs (Antora): overview · architecture · build · status

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Built With

• Language / build

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  • DUB (dmd or ldc2)

• Runtime

  • Fiber actor runtime (libbeam_d)

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Getting Started

Requirements: DMD or LDC2, DUB.

dub test :libbeam_d
dub build

Phase 1 focus is libbeam_d. Graphics and shell UI are stubs until later phases.

Usage

Packages

Package	Role
libbeam_d	Core actor runtime: M:N fiber scheduler, lock-free MPSC mailbox, supervision (Phase 1–2)
libglaze_2d	2D graphics abstraction (Blend2D bindings, command batching) — Phase 3 stub
libshell_bridge	OS / Erlang IPC and raw Win32/X11 bindings — Phase 4 stub
actor_shell	Shell executable composing the libraries — Phase 5 stub

Implementation status

• ✓ Phase 1 — Fiber scheduler + actor mailbox (libbeam_d)

• ❏ Phase 2 — Supervisor linking / restart strategies

• ❏ Phase 3 — Blend2D / libglaze_2d

• ❏ Phase 4 — libshell_bridge IPC + OS bindings

• ❏ Phase 5 — ActorShell UI composition

Roadmap

See CHANGELOG.adoc and status.

Related

• shell-architecture — structured-shell thesis

• docs — docs hub / SOS

Contributing

Contributions are welcome. Open an issue before large changes.

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License

MIT — see LICENSE.

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Contact

Open Shell Org — openshell@devcentr.org

• Project: https://github.com/openshellorg/actor-shell

• Site: https://openshellorg.github.io

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