Actors

With the Dapr actor package, you can interact with Dapr virtual actors from a .NET application.

To get started, walk through the Dapr actors how-to guide.


The IActorProxyFactory interface

Learn how to create actor clients with the IActorProxyFactory interface

Author & run actors

Learn all about authoring and running actors with the .NET SDK

Actor serialization in the .NET SDK

Necessary steps to serialize your types remoted and non-remoted Actors in .NET

How to: Run and use virtual actors in the .NET SDK

Try out .NET Dapr virtual actors with this example

Last modified January 16, 2026: Upmerge from 1.16 into 1.17 (#5007) (cce49a63)