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## @cloudflare/actors library - SDK for Durable Objects in beta

Jun 25, 2025 

[ Durable Objects ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/)[ Workers ](https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/) 

The new [@cloudflare/actors ↗](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@cloudflare/actors) library is now in beta!

The `@cloudflare/actors` library is a new SDK for Durable Objects and provides a powerful set of abstractions for building real-time, interactive, and multiplayer applications on top of Durable Objects. With beta usage and feedback, `@cloudflare/actors` will become the recommended way to build on Durable Objects and draws upon Cloudflare's experience building products/features on Durable Objects.

The name "actors" originates from the [actor programming model](https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/concepts/what-are-durable-objects/#actor-programming-model), which closely ties to how Durable Objects are modelled.

The `@cloudflare/actors` library includes:

* Storage helpers for querying embeddeded, per-object SQLite storage
* Storage helpers for managing SQL schema migrations
* Alarm helpers for scheduling multiple alarms provided a date, delay in seconds, or cron expression
* `Actor` class for using Durable Objects with a defined pattern
* Durable Objects [Workers API ↗](https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/api/base/) is always available for your application as needed

Storage and alarm helper methods can be combined with [any Javascript class ↗](https://github.com/cloudflare/actors?tab=readme-ov-file#storage--alarms-with-durableobject-class) that defines your Durable Object, i.e, ones that extend `DurableObject` including the `Actor` class.

JavaScript

```
import { Storage } from "@cloudflare/actors/storage";
export class ChatRoom extends DurableObject<Env> {    storage: Storage;
    constructor(ctx: DurableObjectState, env: Env) {        super(ctx, env)        this.storage = new Storage(ctx.storage);        this.storage.migrations = [{            idMonotonicInc: 1,            description: "Create users table",            sql: "CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS users (id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY)"        }]    }    async fetch(request: Request): Promise<Response> {        // Run migrations before executing SQL query        await this.storage.runMigrations();
        // Query with SQL template        let userId = new URL(request.url).searchParams.get("userId");        const query = this.storage.sql`SELECT * FROM users WHERE id = ${userId};`        return new Response(`${JSON.stringify(query)}`);    }}
```

`@cloudflare/actors` library introduces the `Actor` class pattern. `Actor` lets you access Durable Objects without writing the Worker that communicates with your Durable Object (the Worker is created for you). By default, requests are routed to a Durable Object named "default".

JavaScript

```
export class MyActor extends Actor<Env> {    async fetch(request: Request): Promise<Response> {        return new Response('Hello, World!')    }}
export default handler(MyActor);
```

You can [route](https://developers.cloudflare.com/durable-objects/get-started/#3-instantiate-and-communicate-with-a-durable-object) to different Durable Objects by name within your `Actor` class using [nameFromRequest ↗](https://github.com/cloudflare/actors?tab=readme-ov-file#actor-with-custom-name).

JavaScript

```
export class MyActor extends Actor<Env> {    static nameFromRequest(request: Request): string {        let url = new URL(request.url);        return url.searchParams.get("userId") ?? "foo";    }
    async fetch(request: Request): Promise<Response> {        return new Response(`Actor identifier (Durable Object name): ${this.identifier}`);    }}
export default handler(MyActor);
```

For more examples, check out the library [README ↗](https://github.com/cloudflare/actors?tab=readme-ov-file#getting-started). `@cloudflare/actors` library is a place for more helpers and built-in patterns, like retry handling and Websocket-based applications, to reduce development overhead for common Durable Objects functionality. Please share feedback and what more you would like to see on our [Discord channel ↗](https://discord.com/channels/595317990191398933/773219443911819284).

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