The distribute library provides type-safe distributed computing primitives for Gleam.

Type-Safety Enforcement (v2.0+)

All messaging APIs now enforce compile-time type safety using:

• GlobalSubject(msg): Opaque wrapper with encoder/decoder for type-safe messaging
• Binary codecs: Encoder(a)/Decoder(a) for serialization
• gleam_otp integration: Compatible with standard Subject(BitArray)

Migration from v1.x

Legacy untyped functions are deprecated:

• Use send_global_typed instead of send_global
• Use whereis_global instead of whereis_typed for GlobalSubject
• Use whereis_with_tag for custom actors with known tags

Core Modules

• distribute/global: GlobalSubject type for type-safe distributed messaging
• distribute/codec: Binary serialization with composable encoders/decoders
• distribute/cluster: Cluster formation and management
• distribute/connection_pool: Efficient connection pooling
• distribute/groups: Process groups (pg) with type-safe broadcast
• distribute/messaging: Inter-node type-safe messaging
• distribute/monitor: Node and process monitoring
• distribute/node_builder: Fluent API for node configuration
• distribute/registry: Global process registry with type-safe lookup
• distribute/remote_call: Type-safe RPC mechanisms
• distribute/receiver: Type-safe message receiving with gleam_otp selectors
• distribute/settings: Configuration settings