diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 55caa521..df2732a8 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -452,6 +452,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "os_str_bytes",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "codespan-reporting"
+version = "0.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3538270d33cc669650c4b093848450d380def10c331d38c768e34cac80576e6e"
+dependencies = [
+ "termcolor",
+ "unicode-width",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "concurrent-queue"
 version = "1.2.2"
@@ -568,6 +578,63 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cxx"
+version = "1.0.73"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "873c2e83af70859af2aaecd1f5d862f3790b747b1f4f50fb45a931d000ac0422"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "cxxbridge-flags",
+ "cxxbridge-macro",
+ "link-cplusplus",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cxx-build"
+version = "1.0.73"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b49edea7163bbc7a39e3d829b4b0b66a9d30486973152842b7413f2c7b5632bf"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "codespan-reporting",
+ "once_cell",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "scratch",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cxx-dataflow-example-node"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "cxx",
+ "cxx-build",
+ "dora-node-api",
+ "eyre",
+ "futures",
+ "rand",
+ "tokio",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cxxbridge-flags"
+version = "1.0.73"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f46b787c15af80277db5c88c6ac6c502ae545e622f010e06f95e540d34931acf"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cxxbridge-macro"
+version = "1.0.73"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2ba3f3a7efa46626878fb5d324fabca4d19d2956b6ae97ce43044ef4515f5abc"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "dashmap"
 version = "4.0.2"
@@ -1345,6 +1412,15 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "33a33a362ce288760ec6a508b94caaec573ae7d3bbbd91b87aa0bad4456839db"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "link-cplusplus"
+version = "1.0.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f8cae2cd7ba2f3f63938b9c724475dfb7b9861b545a90324476324ed21dbc8c8"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "linked-hash-map"
 version = "0.5.4"
@@ -1954,11 +2030,11 @@ checksum = "dbf0c48bc1d91375ae5c3cd81e3722dff1abcf81a30960240640d223f59fe0e5"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
-version = "1.0.36"
+version = "1.0.43"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "c7342d5883fbccae1cc37a2353b09c87c9b0f3afd73f5fb9bba687a1f733b029"
+checksum = "0a2ca2c61bc9f3d74d2886294ab7b9853abd9c1ad903a3ac7815c58989bb7bab"
 dependencies = [
- "unicode-xid",
+ "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2395,6 +2471,12 @@ version = "1.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d29ab0c6d3fc0ee92fe66e2d99f700eab17a8d57d1c1d3b748380fb20baa78cd"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "scratch"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9c8132065adcfd6e02db789d9285a0deb2f3fcb04002865ab67d5fb103533898"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sct"
 version = "0.6.1"
@@ -2630,13 +2712,13 @@ checksum = "6bdef32e8150c2a081110b42772ffe7d7c9032b606bc226c8260fd97e0976601"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "syn"
-version = "1.0.94"
+version = "1.0.99"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a07e33e919ebcd69113d5be0e4d70c5707004ff45188910106854f38b960df4a"
+checksum = "58dbef6ec655055e20b86b15a8cc6d439cca19b667537ac6a1369572d151ab13"
 dependencies = [
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
- "unicode-xid",
+ "unicode-ident",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3008,6 +3090,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "uuid",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-ident"
+version = "1.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c4f5b37a154999a8f3f98cc23a628d850e154479cd94decf3414696e12e31aaf"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-segmentation"
 version = "1.9.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2a656c60..4c18d1cd 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,9 +5,8 @@ members = [
   "apis/rust/*",
   "apis/rust/operator/macros",
   "binaries/*",
-  "examples/rust-dataflow/operator",
-  "examples/rust-dataflow/node",
-  "examples/rust-dataflow/sink",
+  "examples/rust-dataflow/*",
+  "examples/c++-dataflow/*",
   "libraries/core",
   "libraries/extensions/message",
   "libraries/extensions/telemetry/*",
@@ -33,3 +32,7 @@ path = "examples/c-dataflow/run.rs"
 [[example]]
 name = "rust-dataflow"
 path = "examples/rust-dataflow/run.rs"
+
+[[example]]
+name = "cxx-dataflow"
+path = "examples/c++-dataflow/run.rs"
diff --git a/apis/rust/node/src/config.rs b/apis/rust/node/src/config.rs
index a6991235..dccae1d1 100644
--- a/apis/rust/node/src/config.rs
+++ b/apis/rust/node/src/config.rs
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ impl std::fmt::Display for OperatorId {
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, PartialOrd, Ord, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct DataId(String);
 
+impl From<DataId> for String {
+    fn from(id: DataId) -> Self {
+        id.0
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<String> for DataId {
     fn from(id: String) -> Self {
         Self(id)
diff --git a/examples/c++-dataflow/dataflow.yml b/examples/c++-dataflow/dataflow.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..151e3e74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/c++-dataflow/dataflow.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+communication:
+  zenoh:
+    prefix: /example-cxx-dataflow
+
+nodes:
+  - id: cxx-node
+    custom:
+      run: ../../target/release/cxx-dataflow-example-node
+      inputs:
+        tick: dora/timer/millis/300
+      outputs:
+        - counter
diff --git a/examples/c++-dataflow/node/Cargo.toml b/examples/c++-dataflow/node/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d118866d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/c++-dataflow/node/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[package]
+name = "cxx-dataflow-example-node"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+cxx = "1.0.73"
+dora-node-api = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../../../apis/rust/node" }
+eyre = "0.6.8"
+futures = "0.3.21"
+rand = "0.8.5"
+tokio = { version = "1.20.1", features = ["rt", "macros"] }
+
+[build-dependencies]
+cxx-build = "1.0.73"
diff --git a/examples/c++-dataflow/node/build.rs b/examples/c++-dataflow/node/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12e4875c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/c++-dataflow/node/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+fn main() {
+    cxx_build::bridge("src/main.rs") // returns a cc::Build
+        .file("src/main.cc")
+        .flag_if_supported("-std=c++11")
+        .compile("cxx-example-dataflow-node");
+
+    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=src/main.rs");
+    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=src/main.cc");
+    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=src/main.h");
+}
diff --git a/examples/c++-dataflow/node/src/main.cc b/examples/c++-dataflow/node/src/main.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2d52e539
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/c++-dataflow/node/src/main.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#include "main.h"
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <vector>
+
+void cxx_main(Inputs &inputs, const OutputSender &output_sender)
+{
+    std::cout << "HELLO FROM C++" << std::endl;
+    unsigned char counter = 0;
+
+    for (int i = 0; i < 20; i++)
+    {
+
+        auto input = next_input(inputs);
+        if (input.end_of_input)
+        {
+            return;
+        }
+        counter += 1;
+
+        std::cout << "Received input " << std::string(input.id) << " (counter: " << (unsigned int)counter << ")" << std::endl;
+
+        std::vector<unsigned char> out_vec{counter};
+        rust::Slice<const uint8_t> out_slice{out_vec.data(), out_vec.size()};
+        auto result = send_output(output_sender, "counter", out_slice);
+        auto error = std::string(result.error);
+        if (!error.empty())
+        {
+            std::cerr << "Error: " << error << std::endl;
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/examples/c++-dataflow/node/src/main.h b/examples/c++-dataflow/node/src/main.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ac430d20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/c++-dataflow/node/src/main.h
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#pragma once
+#include "cxx-dataflow-example-node/src/main.rs.h"
+
+void cxx_main(Inputs &inputs, const OutputSender &output_sender);
diff --git a/examples/c++-dataflow/node/src/main.rs b/examples/c++-dataflow/node/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2d1535a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/c++-dataflow/node/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+use dora_node_api::{self, DoraNode, Input};
+use futures::{executor::block_on, Stream, StreamExt};
+use std::pin::Pin;
+
+#[cxx::bridge]
+mod ffi {
+    struct DoraInput {
+        end_of_input: bool,
+        id: String,
+        data: Vec<u8>,
+    }
+
+    struct DoraResult {
+        error: String,
+    }
+
+    extern "Rust" {
+        type Inputs<'a>;
+        type OutputSender<'a>;
+
+        fn next_input(inputs: &mut Inputs) -> DoraInput;
+        fn send_output(output_sender: &OutputSender, id: String, data: &[u8]) -> DoraResult;
+    }
+
+    unsafe extern "C++" {
+        include!("cxx-dataflow-example-node/src/main.h");
+
+        fn cxx_main(inputs: &mut Inputs, output_sender: &OutputSender);
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct Inputs<'a>(Pin<Box<dyn Stream<Item = Input> + 'a>>);
+
+fn next_input(inputs: &mut Inputs) -> ffi::DoraInput {
+    match block_on(inputs.0.next()) {
+        Some(input) => ffi::DoraInput {
+            end_of_input: false,
+            id: input.id.into(),
+            data: input.data,
+        },
+        None => ffi::DoraInput {
+            end_of_input: true,
+            id: String::new(),
+            data: Vec::new(),
+        },
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct OutputSender<'a>(&'a DoraNode);
+
+fn send_output(sender: &OutputSender, id: String, data: &[u8]) -> ffi::DoraResult {
+    let error = match block_on(sender.0.send_output(&id.into(), data)) {
+        Ok(()) => String::new(),
+        Err(err) => format!("{err:?}"),
+    };
+    ffi::DoraResult { error }
+}
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
+    let node = DoraNode::init_from_env().await?;
+    let input_stream = node.inputs().await?;
+    let mut inputs = Inputs(Box::pin(input_stream));
+    let outputs = OutputSender(&node);
+    ffi::cxx_main(&mut inputs, &outputs);
+
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/examples/c++-dataflow/run.rs b/examples/c++-dataflow/run.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cf0a3a13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/c++-dataflow/run.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+use eyre::{bail, Context};
+use std::path::Path;
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> eyre::Result<()> {
+    let root = Path::new(env!("CARGO_MANIFEST_DIR"));
+    std::env::set_current_dir(root.join(file!()).parent().unwrap())
+        .wrap_err("failed to set working dir")?;
+
+    build_package("cxx-dataflow-example-node").await?;
+    build_package("dora-runtime").await?;
+
+    dora_coordinator::run(dora_coordinator::Command::Run {
+        dataflow: Path::new("dataflow.yml").to_owned(),
+        runtime: Some(root.join("target").join("release").join("dora-runtime")),
+    })
+    .await?;
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+async fn build_package(package: &str) -> eyre::Result<()> {
+    let cargo = std::env::var("CARGO").unwrap();
+    let mut cmd = tokio::process::Command::new(&cargo);
+    cmd.arg("build").arg("--release");
+    cmd.arg("--package").arg(package);
+    if !cmd.status().await?.success() {
+        bail!("failed to build {package}");
+    };
+    Ok(())
+}