pandax381/microps

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1322 stars · 745 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

microps is a small, educational implementation of a TCP/IP protocol stack written in C, covering Ethernet, ARP, IP, ICMP, UDP, and TCP with a socket-like API. It runs on Linux using TUN/TAP and PF_PACKET devices and is designed for learning how networking protocols work from scratch.

Use cases

• learn how TCP/IP works by reading a minimal implementation
• build a userspace TCP/IP stack from scratch
• study networking protocol internals in C
• teach a computer networks course with hands-on code
• experiment with TUN/TAP virtual network devices
• understand how sockets are implemented under the hood

When to choose

• you want readable, small code to learn TCP/IP internals
• you are following a step-by-step networking tutorial or book
• you need a simple userspace stack for educational experiments on Linux

When to avoid

• you need a production-grade, high-performance network stack
• you need IPv6, TLS, or advanced protocol features
• you need portability beyond Linux (TUN/TAP drivers are Linux-specific)

Facets

library · maturity active

networking developer-tools networking education operating-systems c cpp tcp-ip protocol-stack tuntap learning-resource systems-programming linux

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