# About the Spritely Goblins category

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# Goblins: Distributed, Transactional Programming

 ![Goblins mascot holding up the Spritely Institute flask](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/spritely/original/1X/c07242c81ac31636bd1bd2b2cbe45ec1605b1b84.png)

At the heart of Spritely is Goblins[Goblins: Distributed Programming — Spritely Institute](https://spritely.institute/goblins/)), its _distributed object programming_ environment. Goblins provides an intuitive security model, automatic local transactions for locally synchronous operations, and an easy to use and efficient asynchronous programming interface for _encapsulated objects_ which can live anywhere on the network. Its networking model abstracts away these details so the programmer can focus on object programming rather than protocol architecture.

Goblins also integrates powerful distributed debugging tools, and a process persistence and upgrade model which respects its security fundamentals.

## Read about Goblins’ design

Read our whitepaper: [The Heart of Spritely: Distributed Objects and Capability Security](https://spritely.institute/static/papers/spritely-core.html) [(PDF)](https://spritely.institute/static/papers/spritely-core.pdf) [(ODT)](https://spritely.institute/static/papers/spritely-core.odt) [(ORG)](https://spritely.institute/static/papers/spritely-core.org)

## Get Goblins!

Spritely Goblins’ network layer means users can perform asynchronous programming against objects that live anywhere. You can even interact with objects written in a completely different programming language! Currently we support two languages:

- Goblins for Guile [(v0.12.0)](https://spritely.institute/files/releases/guile-goblins/guile-goblins-0.12.0.tar.gz)[(signature)](https://spritely.institute/files/releases/guile-goblins/guile-goblins-0.12.0.tar.gz.asc)[(docs)](https://spritely.institute/files/docs/guile-goblins/0.12.0/index.html)[(git)](https://gitlab.com/spritely/guile-goblins)
- Goblins for Racket [(v0.12.0)](https://gitlab.com/spritely/goblins)[(docs)](https://docs.racket-lang.org/goblins/index.html)