nmathewson/libevent_obsolete

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An obsolete mirror of Nick Mathewson's libevent repository; the official libevent project lives at github.com/libevent/libevent. Libevent is a C library providing a portable event loop for file descriptors, timeouts, and signals, plus buffered network I/O, DNS, HTTP, and a minimal RPC framework.

Use cases

• build an event-driven network server in C
• portable event loop across epoll, kqueue, and select
• write an async HTTP server in C
• handle timers and signal callbacks in a single loop
• buffered socket I/O with SSL and rate limiting

When to choose

• you need a mature, portable C event loop for network servers
• you want buffered I/O with SSL, DNS, and HTTP support in one library

When to avoid

• you want to contribute code or open PRs - use the official libevent/libevent repository
• starting a new project where a higher-level async framework is available

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

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