EVE Online's Carbon engine is now open source: Fenris Creations explains why

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Post by Stevvo » Fri, Jul 03, 2026, 9:46 PM UTC

EVE Online's Carbon engine is now open source: Fenris Creations explains why
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Post by taybin » Wed, Jul 08, 2026, 10:28 AM UTC

For a long time I was convinced they used Erlang for handling all the distributed, concurrent state. I guess not.

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Post by ManBeardPc » Wed, Jul 08, 2026, 10:56 AM UTC

taybin wrote: post #2

For a long time I was convinced they used Erlang for handling all the distributed, concurrent state. I guess not.

Last I checked (and remember right) they used Stackless Python. Very interesting, it can serialize tasklets and send them to another machine to continue executing. Seems no longer maintained though.

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Post by strobe » Wed, Jul 08, 2026, 10:56 AM UTC

taybin wrote: post #2

For a long time I was convinced they used Erlang for handling all the distributed, concurrent state. I guess not.

at least while ago they used Stackless Python

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Post by jdw64 » Wed, Jul 08, 2026, 11:13 AM UTC

I followed and forked it on GitHub. When Eve Online first came out, the graphics were stunning. I'm planning to dig into the code and take a close look at how the graphics renderer was implemented.

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Post by j-bos » Wed, Jul 08, 2026, 11:36 AM UTC

Github link: https://github.com/carbonengine

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Post by tjpnz » Wed, Jul 08, 2026, 11:41 AM UTC

ManBeardPc wrote: post #3

taybin wrote: post #2

For a long time I was convinced they used Erlang for handling all the distributed, concurrent state. I guess not.

Last I checked (and remember right) they used Stackless Python. Very interesting, it can serialize tasklets and send them to another machine to continue executing. Seems no longer maintained though.

Is this unique to Stackless Python?

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Post by zipy124 » Wed, Jul 08, 2026, 11:43 AM UTC

ManBeardPc wrote: post #3

taybin wrote: post #2

For a long time I was convinced they used Erlang for handling all the distributed, concurrent state. I guess not.

Last I checked (and remember right) they used Stackless Python. Very interesting, it can serialize tasklets and send them to another machine to continue executing. Seems no longer maintained though.

They moved away. Details in this blog post: https://evefrontier.com/en/news/moving-into-the-future-upgra...

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Post by zipy124 » Wed, Jul 08, 2026, 11:43 AM UTC

strobe wrote: post #4

taybin wrote: post #2

For a long time I was convinced they used Erlang for handling all the distributed, concurrent state. I guess not.

at least while ago they used Stackless Python

They moved away. Details in this blog post: https://evefrontier.com/en/news/moving-into-the-future-upgra...

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Post by cassianoleal » Wed, Jul 08, 2026, 11:46 AM UTC

I've wanted to try out EVE Online for a while now. Never found the time, and it seems to be a bit of a time sink. Since I have no idea if I'm actually going to enjoy it or not, it never took priority.

These kinds of news make me want to find the time. Good job!