libuv

Multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O

libuv is a multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O. Feature highlights: + 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