# Edge Networking

> Source: `src/content/docs/general/edge.mdx`
> Canonical URL: https://rivet.dev/docs/general/edge
> Description: Actors automatically run near your users on your provider's global network.

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At the moment, edge networking is only supported on Rivet Cloud & Cloudflare Workers. More self-hosted platforms are on the roadmap.

## Region selection

### Automatic region selection

By default, actors will choose the nearest region based on the client's location.

Under the hood, Rivet and Cloudflare use [Anycast routing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anycast) to automatically find the best location for the client to connect to without relying on a slow manual pinging process.

### Manual region selection

The region an actor is created in can be overridden using region options:

See [Create  Manage Actors](/docs/actors/communicating-between-actors) for more information.

_Source doc path: /docs/general/edge_