nanobus/iota

Language libraries for developing tiny components (or Iotas)

Iota

Build reusable, streaming components in Go and Rust. Iotas are universal dependencies that can be used in frameworks like NanoBus.

What is an iota?

An iota is a "small thing." It's a specification for programming dependencies so local libraries, WebAssembly modules, and even remote microservices can be used the same way. Iotas make it possible to build an application like a monolith and scale parts of it as necessary without changing the original application.

Iotas are a work-in-progress. We've been working with the concepts for years and are formalizing them into specifications that implementations can adhere to.

For more details, refer to the iota-spec

Iota implementations

WebAssembly Modules

• Go (TinyGo) w/ wasmRS
• Rust w/ wasmRS

WebAssembly Components

The component model specification is not yet ratified. Once it is, an iota implementation and updated spec will follow.

Native Microservice

• Go w/ RSocket

Repository structure

WasmRS Go packages

go/ houses the Go implementation of WasmRS & RSocket protocols used by native and WebAssembly iotas.

WasmRS Rust packages

rust/ houses the Rust implementation of WasmRS protocols used by WebAssembly iotas.

Iota & WasmRS code generators

codegen/ houses apex code generators that automatically generate Go, TinyGo, and Rust boilerplate for iotas.

Apex project templates

templates/ houses apex project templates you can use to automatically kickstart new projects.

Install

apex install https://deno.land/x/iota_codegen/templates.ts

Docs

docs/ contains any documentation related to iotas, wasmRS, and their usage with NanoBus.

Local development

Compile generator typescript

just codegen

Run all tests

just test