JEjerf·Oct 19, 2026
You may be interested in https://github.com/ergo-services/ergo . Which goes so far as to be interoperable with Erlang directly.
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An actor-based Framework with network transparency for creating event-driven architecture in Golang. Inspired by Erlang. Zero dependencies.
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19 sourcesThere is this: https://github.com/ergo-services/ergo which i keep meaning to take a look at, but never seem to quite get around to…
In Gleam doesn't compile to Erlang source anymoreErgo Framework – Erlang/OTP-style distributed systems in Go
1 points · Open discussionErgo Framework v3.2.0 Released – Actor Model for Go
2 points · Open discussionNew release brings mTLS, NAT traversal, distributed leader election, and SSE support.
Key highlights:
- 21M+ msg/sec locally, ~5M msg/sec over network
- Distributed Pub/Sub: 2.9M msg/sec delivery to 1,000,000 subscribers across 10 nodes
- New Leader actor with Raft-inspired consensus for distributed coordination
- Metrics actor for Prometheus integration out of the box
- Spawn time control, shutdown timeout, pprof labels for debugging stuck processes
- Critical bug fix for Link/Monitor exits in network layer
Also shipped completely rewritten documentation with new guides on building clusters, message versioning, and debugging distributed systems https://docs.ergo.services
Full changelog: https://github.com/ergo-services/ergo?tab=readme-ov-file#cha...
In Ergo Framework v3.2.0 Released – Actor Model for GoAt the time that BEAM was invented in the late 1990s, and in the early 2000s, it was a fairly unique proposition.
Nowadays there isn't anywhere near as much stuff that it does uniquely. That's probably why there isn't another one. All of the compiled languages off-the-shelf can solve the same problems that BEAM does now, and often with other advantages to boot.
There's something about the Erlang community that convinces people in it that if it isn't solve the exact same way that BEAM does, then it must ipso facto not be as good as BEAM, but that's not true. If you ask the question can I solve the same problems, even if it's in a different way?, you've got a zoo of options in 2025, whereas your options in 2000 were much much weaker.
And yes, being BEAM-compatible is harder than meets the eye. There are projects like https://github.com/ergo
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-services/ergo that can do it, and I believe there are some in other languages. It's a pretty niche need in my opinion, though. If you don't need to hook up to some existing BEAM infrastructure, I don't consider it a very good solution for a greenfield project. You're better off with more modern tooling and solutions that are more native to your chosen dev environment.
Ergo: Erlang-inspired event driven actor framework in Go
175 points · Open discussionErgo: Actor-based Framework for creating event-driven architecture in Golang
5 points · Open discussionI haven't looked too deeply into it but I came across https://github.com/ergo-services/ergo not too long ago and thought it could be pretty interesting to try using OTP in Golang
Packaging a Go service in Docker and dumping it into k8s is probably the easier/better understood path but also deploying Go services onto an Erlang node just sounds more fun
In Go is my hammer, and everything is a nailElixir definitely!
If you need to use Go, there is also ergo: https://github.com/ergo-services/ergo
Yet another cool tool is lunatic: https://github.com/lunatic-solutions/lunatic
In Data Parallel, Task Parallel, and Agent Actor Architectures"Transparent Networking" achieved. To reach the next level you should unlock an "Actor Model" :)
PS for me, it's more like reinventing Erlang ideas in Golang. If you want to cut the corner here is the ready-to-use Framework in Golang https://github.com/ergo-services/ergo - implements all Erlang' neats.
In Service Weaver: A Framework for Writing Distributed Applicationsgo is imperative but there are functional elegant styles borrowed from otp/erlang in ergo https://github.com/ergo-services/ergo
https://memo.barrucadu.co.uk/three-months-of-go.html
In Why Python keeps growing, explainedHere's an attempt at implementing OTP in Go: https://github.com/ergo-services/ergo
In Erlang's not about lightweight processes and message passingUnrelated project with the same name (coincidentally written in the same language): https://github.com/ergo-services/ergo
"an actor based Framework for creating microservices using technologies and design patterns of Erlang/OTP in Golang"
In Ergo – modern IRC server written in GoActor based Framework using design patterns of Erlang/OTP in Golang
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