# ![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).