It's a Remote Call Procedure library written in and for Python. It is intented to be generic yet convenient enough to make development of all kinds of network applications easier.
Because it's hopefully better than Fluffy at protecting secrets... Also it's easy to google.
- emphasis on security: all communication is encrypted and authenticated
- based on p2p: it doesn't need central servers
- symmetric: there is no difference between servers and clients
- low overhead: fast serialization and small messages
- it supports remote functions and objects
- completely asychronous:
- no time is wasted on waiting for a reply
- methods can even be called on objects which are not fully instantiated yet (pending)
- flow controlled: data can be streamed without using up too much memory and adapting to network bandwidth (currently sending only)
- simple api: it's almost as easy to use as local calls
- uses TLS and X.509 certificates for encryption and authentication (using pyOpenSSL)
- asynchronous networking via Twisted, async replies are given as Twisted deferreds
- uses MessagePack as serializer
- supports WebSockets as optional custom transport layer
- compact code and no unneccessary features make it easier to understand and to check for errors