# Spawn: Drive Your Business with Stateful Computing
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**Actor Mesh Runtime**
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### **[Website](https://eigr.io)** • **[Getting Started](docs/getting_started.md)** • **[SDKs](docs/sdks.md)** • **[Documentation](https://eigr.io/docs/projects-spawn/spawn-introduction/)** • **[Blog](https://eigr.io/blog/)**
## Overview
Spawn is a groundbreaking open-source runtime designed to address the needs of modern businesses. Originating from contributors to [Cloudstate](https://github.com/cloudstateio/cloudstate), Spawn offers a flexible and scalable solution for both cloud and on-premises environments.
With its polyglot capabilities, Spawn supports multiple programming languages, empowering your team to utilize the best tools for each task. This flexibility not only enhances developer productivity but also accelerates the achievement of your business goals.
Explore how Spawn can help you meet your business objectives efficiently. Check out our [documentation](docs/index.md) to [get started](docs/getting_started.md).
## Why Choose Spawn?
- **Business-Driven Development:** Focus on delivering business value by leveraging a runtime that simplifies infrastructure management, allowing your team to concentrate on core objectives.
- **Stateful Computing:** Manage state effortlessly within your applications, ensuring consistency and reliability across distributed systems.
- **Polyglot Programming Model:** Use multiple languages to build your applications, providing the flexibility to choose the best tools and frameworks for your needs.
- **Scalability:** Designed to scale with your business, Spawn can handle growing demands seamlessly, whether on the cloud or on-premises.
- **Resilience and Performance:** Benefit from robust architecture that ensures high availability and performance, crucial for mission-critical applications.
## How Spawn Empowers Your Business
Spawn's stateful computing model abstracts complex infrastructure tasks, enabling your developers to focus on what truly matters—delivering features that drive your business forward. By automating state management, configuration, and integration flows, Spawn reduces the overhead on your team and accelerates time-to-market.
For CEOs and CTOs, Spawn provides confidence that your company's objectives can be achieved more swiftly and efficiently, enhancing competitiveness without compromising on technical quality or scalability.
## Getting Started with Spawn
Starting with Spawn is straightforward and efficient. Here are two quick demonstrations to help you begin:
### Step 1: Installing the Actor Orchestrator Runtime
To get started, you'll need to install the Spawn Actor Orchestrator runtime. The current runtime is available as an operator for Kubernetes. We also provide a CLI to simplify this process.
1. **Install the CLI:**
```sh
curl -sSL https://github.com/eigr/spawn/releases/download/{release-version}/install-cli | sh
```
2. **Install the Operator**
### Step 2: Create Your First Project
Check out our [documentation](docs/index.md) for detailed guides and tutorials.
## Latest Blogs
* https://eigr.io/blog/spawn-the-actor-mesh/
* https://eigr.io/blog/beyond-monoliths-and-microservices/
* https://eigr.io/blog/distributed-elixir-made-easy-with-spawn/
## Engaging Talks
Watch some insightful talks on Eigr Community and Spawn:
- **Marcel Lanz on ACM SIGPLAN - Erlang 2021 - Lightning Talk**: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVf0QqNb3qk _(English)_
- **Marcel Lanz on Code Beam Europe 2022**: https://youtu.be/jgR7Oc_GXAg _(English)_
- **Adriano Santos on Code Beam BR 2022**: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXp0lyfmV_0&list=PLa5zLmv3pgCCiyWq8gltVAt2vTGuHz3eG&index=3 _(Portuguese)_
- **Adriano Santos ElugSP 2023**: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKTqiAtpK1E _(Portuguese)_
- **Elias Arruda on Elixir CWB (Curitiba)**: https://www.youtube.com/live/yE_uWbPEWnI?si=5L3SORG3PERZpQ4V&t=463 _(Portuguese)_
## Meet Sepp: Our Cyberpunk Mascot
Say hello to Sepp, our cyberpunk mascot and proud [Ibex](https://alpshiking.swisshikingvacations.com/spotlight-on-the-ibex/). Sepp, hailing from the Swiss Alps, loves wandering through the Eiger mountains. Despite occasional Viking-like bluntness, he's a helpful companion who traces his lineage back to Viking times.
The name "Sepp" is indeed a German diminutive or nickname for the name Joseph. It's similar to how "Joe" is used as a nickname for Joseph in English. In German-speaking regions, it's common for Joseph to be affectionately referred to as "Sepp."
This is our little tribute to one of the creators of the Erlang programming language, [Joe Armstrong](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Armstrong_(programmer)).
Write less code and be happy! 🌐🚀
