enki/libev

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1786 stars · 447 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

libev is a high-performance, full-featured event loop library for C, loosely modelled after libevent but faster, smaller, and more featureful. It provides optimized select/poll/epoll/kqueue/event-ports backends, timers, file watching, fork support, and optional C++ and Perl interfaces.

Use cases

• build a high-performance network server with an event loop
• embed an event loop in a C or C++ application
• replace libevent with a faster, smaller alternative
• watch filesystem paths for changes with inotify
• implement timers and cron-like scheduled events in C
• write async I/O for a language runtime like Node.js or Ruby

When to choose

• you need a small, dependency-free, embeddable event loop in C/C++
• performance and low memory footprint are critical
• you need portable backends across epoll, kqueue, select, and event ports
• you want fork-safe event loop handling

When to avoid

• you need a higher-level async framework with rich abstractions
• you prefer a library with frequent releases and active development
• you need built-in HTTP or DNS facilities like libevent or libuv provide

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

concurrency networking developer-tools developer-tools performance microservices windows bsd cpp c event-loop libevent-alternative epoll kqueue async-io c-library linux macos

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