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 The platform-agnostic Rust core behind [Fluxa](https://github.com/KhooLy/Fluxa), a media-streaming app.<br/>
 State management · Stream policy · Addon protocol · Effect-driven I/O
 
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 [What it does](#what-it-does) · [Architecture](#architecture) · [Building from source](#building-from-source) · [Stack](#stack)
 
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 - [Fluxa for Android](https://github.com/KhooLy/Fluxa) — the Android counterpart consuming this crate
 - [FluxaDesktop](https://github.com/KhooLy/FluxaDesktop) — the desktop counterpart consuming this crate
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