External Sample Projects

Here are some external sample projects created by Akka's users.

Bank application

Showcasing Transactors and STM.
http://github.com/weiglewilczek/demo-akka

Ant simulation 1

Traveling salesman problem. Inspired by Clojure's Ant demo. Uses SPDE for GUI. Idiomatic Scala/Akka code.
Good example on how to use Actors and STM
http://github.com/pvlugter/ants

Ant simulation 2

Traveling salesman problem. Close to straight port by Clojure's Ant demo. Uses Swing for GUI.
Another nice example on how to use Actors and STM
http://github.com/azzoti/ScalaAkkaAnts

Akka Web (REST/Comet) template project

A sbt-based, scala Akka project that sets up a web project with REST and comet support
http://github.com/mattbowen/akka-web-template

Various samples on how to use Akka

From the May Chciago-Area Scala Enthusiasts Meeting
http://github.com/deanwampler/AkkaWebSampleExercise

Akka REST, Jetty, SBT template project

Great starting point for building an Akka application.
http://github.com/efleming969/akka-template-rest

Samples of various Akka features (in Scala)

http://github.com/efleming969/akka-samples
Fork at http://github.com/flintobrien/akka-samples

A sample sbt setup for running the akka-sample-chat

http://github.com/dwhitney/sbt-akka-sample-chat

Akka Benchmark project

Benches Akka against various other actors and concurrency tools
http://github.com/jboner/akka-bench

Active Object (Java API) sample project

http://github.com/bobo/akka_sample_java

Akka PI calculation sample project

http://github.com/bonnefoa/akkaPi/

Port of Jersey (JAX-RS) samples to Akka

http://github.com/akollegger/akka-jersey-samples

Family web page build with Scala, Lift, Akka, Redis, and Facebook Connect

http://github.com/derekjw/williamsfamily