servo/ipc-channel

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1124 stars · 157 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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ipc-channel is a Rust library providing an inter-process communication implementation of Rust channels, designed as a drop-in replacement for std::sync::mpsc channels across processes. Messages are serialized with serde and transported via OS IPC mechanisms like sockets, file descriptors, and shared memory.

Use cases

• send messages between processes in rust
• replace mpsc channels with cross-process communication
• bootstrap ipc channels between parent and child processes
• serialize and transmit typed messages over ipc
• build multiprocess applications in rust

When to choose

• you need rust channel-like APIs that work across process boundaries
• you want to send serde-serializable types between processes with minimal code changes
• you need to pass channels themselves over channels for dynamic connection setup

When to avoid

• you only need thread-level communication within a single process
• you need bounded channels with backpressure, since ipc-channels are always unbounded
• you require strict type safety across processes, since serialized forms must match manually

Facets

library · maturity stable

serialization concurrency message-queue developer-tools microservices operating-systems rust windows cross-platform ipc channels multiprocess serde rust-library linux macos

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