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Terminology

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Terminology

  • Rivet Engine - The binary running everything related to Rivet
  • Client - the user/app connecting to Rivet
  • Runner - the client-side runner code
  • Runner Protocol - Rivet <-> Runner communication protocol defined as BARE (see engine/sdks/schemas/runner-protocol)
  • Runner WF - the rivet-side runner, manages runner lifecycle
  • Actor WF - rivet-side actor
  • Gateway - A portion of Guard responsible for proxying requests and websockets to actors running on runners
  • Runner WS - The runner connects to this to communicate to Rivet