EventCore

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This project is in early development. APIs are unstable and subject to breaking changes. The library is not yet published to crates.io, and referenced packages/examples may be incomplete or non-existent.

Do not use this in production or depend on it for any real projects.

A type-safe event sourcing library implementing multi-stream event sourcing with dynamic consistency boundaries - commands that can atomically read from and write to multiple event streams.

Why EventCore?

Traditional event sourcing forces you into rigid aggregate boundaries. EventCore breaks free with:

• Multi-stream commands: Read and write multiple streams atomically
• Type-safe by design: Illegal states are unrepresentable
• Dynamic stream discovery: Commands can discover streams at runtime
• Zero boilerplate: No aggregate classes, just commands and events

Quick Start

Note: The following is a design vision, not current reality. Packages are not yet published.

# Cargo.toml (EXAMPLE - not yet available on crates.io)
[dependencies]
eventcore = { version = "0.6", features = ["memory"] }
serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
serde_json = "1"
tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }

use eventcore::{
    Command, CommandError, CommandLogic, Event, NewEvents, RetryPolicy,
    StreamId, execute,
};
use eventcore_memory::InMemoryEventStore;
use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};

// Define your events
#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
enum BankAccountEvent {
    MoneyDeposited { account_id: StreamId, amount: u64 },
}

impl Event for BankAccountEvent {
    fn stream_id(&self) -> &StreamId {
        match self {
            Self::MoneyDeposited { account_id, .. } => account_id,
        }
    }
    fn event_type_name() -> &'static str { "BankAccountEvent" }
}

// Define your command with #[derive(Command)]
#[derive(Command)]
struct DepositMoney {
    #[stream]
    account_id: StreamId,
    amount: u64,
}

impl CommandLogic for DepositMoney {
    type Event = BankAccountEvent;
    type State = ();

    // apply takes OWNED state, returns OWNED state (pure fold)
    fn apply(&self, state: Self::State, _event: &Self::Event) -> Self::State {
        state
    }

    // handle is SYNC, returns Result<NewEvents<...>, CommandError>
    fn handle(&self, _state: Self::State) -> Result<NewEvents<Self::Event>, CommandError> {
        Ok(vec![BankAccountEvent::MoneyDeposited {
            account_id: self.account_id.clone(),
            amount: self.amount,
        }].into())
    }
}

// execute() is a free function — no CommandExecutor needed
let store = InMemoryEventStore::new();
let command = DepositMoney {
    account_id: StreamId::try_new("account-alice")?,
    amount: 10000,
};
execute(&store, command, RetryPolicy::new()).await?;

Key Features

Type-Safe Stream Access

The #[derive(Command)] macro automatically generates boilerplate from #[stream] fields:

#[derive(Command)]
struct TransferMoney {
    #[stream]
    from_account: StreamId,
    #[stream]
    to_account: StreamId,
    amount: Money,
}

// Automatically generates:
// - TransferMoneyStreamSet phantom type for compile-time stream safety
// - Helper method __derive_read_streams() for stream extraction
// - Enables type Input = Self pattern for simple commands

Dynamic Stream Discovery

Some commands only learn about additional streams after inspecting state (e.g., an order references a payment-method stream). Implement StreamResolver<State> and return Some(self) from CommandLogic::stream_resolver() to opt in:

impl CommandLogic for ProcessPayment {
    type State = CheckoutState;
    type Event = CheckoutEvent;

    fn stream_resolver(&self) -> Option<&dyn StreamResolver<Self::State>> {
        Some(self)
    }

    // apply + handle omitted
}

impl StreamResolver<CheckoutState> for ProcessPayment {
    fn discover_related_streams(&self, state: &CheckoutState) -> Vec<StreamId> {
        state.payment_method_stream.clone().into_iter().collect()
    }
}

The executor deduplicates IDs returned by discover_related_streams, reads each stream exactly once, and includes every visited stream in the same optimistic concurrency check as the statically declared streams.

Built-in Concurrency Control

Optimistic locking prevents conflicts automatically. Just execute your commands - version checking and retries are handled transparently.

Architecture

eventcore/              # Core library - re-exports types, macros, and optional adapters
eventcore-types/        # Shared vocabulary - traits and types (StreamId, Event, EventStore)
eventcore-macros/       # Derive macros (re-exported by eventcore)
eventcore-postgres/     # PostgreSQL adapter (enabled via feature flag)
eventcore-sqlite/       # SQLite adapter with optional SQLCipher encryption
eventcore-memory/       # In-memory store for tests and development
eventcore-testing/      # Contract tests, EventCollector, TestScenario
eventcore-examples/     # Integration test examples

Feature Flags

Feature	Default	Description
macros	Yes	Re-exports #[derive(Command)] from eventcore-macros
postgres	No	Re-exports PostgresEventStore from eventcore-postgres
sqlite	No	Re-exports SqliteEventStore from eventcore-sqlite

# Default (includes macros)
eventcore = "0.6"

# With PostgreSQL adapter
eventcore = { version = "0.6", features = ["postgres"] }

# Without macros (rare - for minimal builds)
eventcore = { version = "0.6", default-features = false }

Examples

See eventcore-examples/ for complete working examples:

• Banking: Account transfers with balance tracking
• E-commerce: Order workflow with inventory management
• Sagas: Order fulfillment with distributed transaction coordination
• Web Framework Integration: REST API with Axum (task management system)

Documentation

• User Manual - Comprehensive guide from basics to production
• Architecture Overview - System design
• Examples - Working integration test examples
• Architecture Decision Records - Design decisions and rationale

Development

# Setup
nix develop              # Enter dev environment
docker-compose up -d     # Start PostgreSQL

# Test
cargo nextest run --workspace  # Fast parallel tests
cargo test --workspace         # Fallback test runner

Contributing

EventCore follows strict type-driven development. See CLAUDE.md for our development philosophy.

License

Licensed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.