libuv
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| Stable release | 1.43.0[1] 
/ 5 January 2022 |
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| Repository | |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Platform | Linux, Android, Windows and OS X/Darwin,[2] FreeBSD, OpenBSD |
| Type | I/O abstraction library |
| License | MIT |
| Website | libuv |
libuv is a multi-platform C library that provides support for asynchronous I/O based on event loops. It supports epoll(4), kqueue(2), Windows IOCP, and Solaris . It is primarily designed for use in Node.js but it is also used by other software projects.[3] It was originally an abstraction around or Microsoft IOCP, as doesn't support IOCP on Windows. In node-v0.9.0's version of libuv, the dependency on libev was removed.[4]
Features[]
From:[2]
- Full-featured event loop backed by epoll, kqueue, IOCP, event ports
- Asynchronous TCP and UDP sockets
- Asynchronous DNS resolution
- Asynchronous file and file system operations
- File system events
- ANSI escape code controlled TTY
- IPC with socket sharing, using Unix domain sockets or named pipes (Windows)
- Child processes
- Thread pool
- Signal handling
- High resolution clock
- Threading and synchronization primitives
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Release v1.43.0".
- ^ a b "The libuv project page and source code". GitHub. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ "Projects that use libuv". libuv GitHub project page. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ An introduction to libuv
External links[]
Categories:
- C (programming language) libraries
- Events (computing)
- Free computer libraries