# Real-World Code Bases Using Akka

**URL:** <https://discuss.akka.io/t/real-world-code-bases-using-akka/2329>\
**Category:** Akka Libraries\
**Created:** [October 8, 2018, 11:08am UTC](https://discuss.akka.io/t/real-world-code-bases-using-akka/2329 "2018-10-08T11:08:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![rabid\_oxen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.akka.io/rabid_oxen/32/910_2.png) [@rabid\_oxen](https://discuss.akka.io/u/rabid_oxen)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2018, 11:08am UTC](https://discuss.akka.io/t/real-world-code-bases-using-akka/2329/1 "2018-10-08T11:08:20Z")

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Hi,  
I am pretty new to akka, but the company I just joined has decided to use the scala / akka stack. I have read through the documentation and started a few books, but I have been having trouble finding an real world code base.  
I was hoping for something that has a real world use case, not just a toy example. I want to see how a bigger project structures the actor model so that I can get some inspiration.  
Can anyone point me in the right direction here? At this point, I would even take open source projects that use the actor model in general.

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**Author:** ![johanandren](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.akka.io/johanandren/32/85_2.png) [@johanandren](https://discuss.akka.io/u/johanandren)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2018, 11:59am UTC](https://discuss.akka.io/t/real-world-code-bases-using-akka/2329/2 "2018-10-10T11:59:53Z")

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Here are a a few:

- [FiloDB](https://github.com/filodb/FiloDB) - a distributed database
- [Apache Flink](https://flink.apache.org) was [at least at some point](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLINK/Akka+and+Actors) built on top of Akka
- [Gatling](https://github.com/gatling/gatling) a stress testing tool
- [Opendaylight](https://www.opendaylight.org) seems to be Akka based but their gitrepo requires some form of registration
- our (Lightbend) frameworks [Play Framework](http://playframework.com/) and [Lagom Framework](https://www.lagomframework.com) are both built more or less on top of Akka

I hope this helps!

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**Author:** ![hepin1989](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.akka.io/hepin1989/32/398_2.png) [@hepin1989](https://discuss.akka.io/u/hepin1989)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 7:10pm UTC](https://discuss.akka.io/t/real-world-code-bases-using-akka/2329/3 "2018-10-13T19:10:29Z")

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