# ![casual](/resources/casual-box-left.png) casual is a modern distributed application server that allows users to build large scale systems with minimal configuration. Key features include: - XATMI compliance. - Cloud compatibility. - Automatic service discovery. - Built in queues, as well as queue-to-service and queue-to-queue forward functionality. - UNIX-friendly CLI. - Asynchronous service calls provide massive concurrency without the hassle of threads. ## Get started - [Building casual](./build.md) - [Building servers](./middleware/tools/documentation/build/server.development.md) - [Building resource proxies](./middleware/tools/documentation/build/resource/proxy.md) - [Operating casual](./documentation/tutorials/operations/README.md) ## Documentation The casual documentation can be viewed at [casualcore.github.io](https://casualcore.github.io). ## Contributing There are several ways to get involved with the casual project, for example: - Contribute to the casual codebase. - Report bugs or request new features by [submitting new issues](https://github.com/casualcore/casual/issues/new). - Join the [official Discord](https://discord.gg/cJVEMraUHe). - Help improve the [documentation](./documentation/). ## Release notes - [Release notes](documentation/release-notes.md). - [Changelog](documentation/changelog.md). ## Build status |Branch |Status| |:-------|:------| |release/1.6|![release/1.6](https://github.com/casualcore/casual/actions/workflows/casual-build-release.yaml/badge.svg?branch=release/1.6)| |feature/1.7/main|![feature/1.7/main](https://github.com/casualcore/casual/actions/workflows/casual-build-beta.yaml/badge.svg?branch=feature/1.7/main)| |release/1.7|![release/1.7](https://github.com/casualcore/casual/actions/workflows/casual-build-release.yaml/badge.svg?branch=release/1.7)| ## Downloads - [Releases](https://github.com/casualcore/casual/releases). - [Official site](http://casual.laz.se/release/). ## License Everything in this repository is licensed under the [MIT license](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT), with the exception of stuff under [thirdparty](thirdparty/readme.md), which have their own licenses. We show this by the file [license.md](license.md).