HPX is a general purpose C++ runtime system for parallel and distributed applications of any scale.
The goal of HPX is to create a high quality, freely available, open source implementation of the ParalleX model for conventional systems, such as classic Linux based Beowulf clusters or multi-socket highly parallel SMP nodes. At the same time, HPX aims to have a very modular and well designed runtime system architecture which would allow the group to port their implementation onto new computer system architectures. HPX wants real world applications to drive the development of the runtime system, coining out required functionalities and converging onto a stable API which will provide a smooth migration path for developers. The API exposed by HPX is modelled after the interfaces defined by the C++11 ISO standard and adheres to the programming guidelines used by the Boost collection of C++ libraries.