# nikhilm/uvbook

An Introduction to libuv

Repository: https://github.com/nikhilm/uvbook
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/uvbook
Homepage: https://docs.libuv.org/en/v1.x/guide.html
Language: C
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2022-11-20T22:30:51+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5191, "days_push": 1382, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1600, forks 387 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:09.525619+00:00)

## What it is
uvbook is an introductory book/tutorial on libuv, the asynchronous I/O library underlying Node.js. Its content has been merged into the official libuv docs and the repository is no longer maintained.

## Use cases
- learn libuv event loop programming
- understand asynchronous I/O in C
- tutorial on writing libuv servers
- reference for libuv handles and requests
- learn how Node.js I/O works under the hood

## When to choose
- you want a gentle introduction to libuv concepts
- you prefer a book-style walkthrough over API reference docs

## When to avoid
- you need up-to-date libuv API coverage - use the official libuv docs
- you need a maintained resource with fixes for newer libuv versions

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: abandoned
- function: documentation
- domain: developer-tools, tutorials, programming-languages
- platform: cross-platform, c
- tags: libuv, async-io, event-loop, book, tutorial

## Member repositories
- nikhilm/uvbook (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:09.525619+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T03:53:12.222953+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nikhilm/uvbook (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:09.525619+00:00, sha d2efe889ea08)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.