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Pade

PADE is an MIT-licensed Python framework for developing, executing and managing multi-agent systems in distributed computing environments. It uses Twisted at its core and includes agent examples and CSV logging for sessions, agents, events and, when the Sniffer is active, ACL messages.

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Practical overview

When it fits

Use PADE when a project calls for Python-based distributed agents and the team wants its agent sessions and, optionally, ACL traffic recorded in CSV files.

Who it is for

  • Python developers building applications composed of interacting agents.
  • Researchers prototyping multi-agent simulations, including electric-power-system studies.

Documented uses

  • Develop and run a distributed multi-agent application.
  • Prototype agent-based simulation or co-simulation work.
  • Review session, agent and event records, and inspect ACL message logs when the Sniffer is active.
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Requirements & limits

The repository identifies PADE as free software under the MIT license. It documents installation from PyPI and from the Git repository.

  • The project is maintained for Python 3.12 and later.
  • Twisted is the framework's core distributed-application dependency.
  • The PyPI distribution is named pade-agents, while the import package and CLI command are named pade.
  • ACL messages are logged when the Sniffer is active; a terminal-only minimal example does not generate message-log entries.

Check current requirements in the official documentation. Source-based guidance does not mean OpenViST has run or independently tested this project.

Source-based practical guide

Install PADE from PyPI

Install the PADE package for Python agent development.

Before you start

  • Python 3.12 or later.

Steps

  1. Run the command below.

    Documented command
    pip install pade-agents

  2. Use the pade package name for imports and the pade command for the CLI.

Expected outcome

The PADE distribution is installed from PyPI and is available as the `pade` package and CLI command.

Guide limitations

  • This recipe covers installation only; it does not document running an agent using the PyPI installation.
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Source-based practical guide

Install PADE from the GitHub repository

Set up the repository version of PADE and check its version.

Before you start

  • Python 3.12 or later.
  • Git and uv are needed for the listed repository workflow.

Steps

  1. Run the command below.

    Documented command
    git clone https://github.com/grei-ufc/pade.git

  2. Change into the repository directory with cd pade.

  3. Run the command below.

    Documented command
    uv sync

  4. Run the command below.

    Documented command
    uv run pade version

Expected outcome

The repository dependencies are synchronized and the PADE version command is invoked.

Guide limitations

  • The README recommends consulting docs/user/instalacao.rst for the current installation workflow.
  • The listed steps do not demonstrate executing an agent application.
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