mtcp-stack/mtcp
mTCP: A Highly Scalable User-level TCP Stack for Multicore Systems observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4538
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 790
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2138 stars · 461 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
mTCP is a highly scalable user-level TCP stack for multicore systems, implemented in C with kernel-bypass packet I/O via DPDK, netmap, or PacketShader. It ships example applications and ported servers like lighttpd and apache benchmark to demonstrate high-throughput networking.
Use cases
- build a high-throughput TCP server that bypasses the kernel
- benchmark HTTP servers at millions of requests per second
- run a user-space TCP stack on multicore machines with DPDK
- experiment with alternative congestion control algorithms via CCP
- reduce per-packet overhead for packet processing applications
When to choose
- you need extreme packet throughput and low latency on multicore Linux servers
- you want kernel-bypass networking with DPDK or netmap
- you are researching scalable TCP implementations or congestion control
When to avoid
- you need a general-purpose portable TCP stack across operating systems
- your workload is low-traffic and standard kernel sockets suffice
- you need a maintained library with frequent updates and broad community support
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
networking http-server concurrency networking performance developer-tools microservices c cpp tcp-stack user-space-networking dpdk high-performance multicore kernel-bypass performance linux
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/mtcp-stack/mtcp · fetched 2026-08-28 · 7f9419be0b55
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| mtcp-stack/mtcp | main | 23 |
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