skypjack/uvw

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2055 stars · 241 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

uvw is a header-only (also available as a static/shared library) wrapper around libuv that exposes its C API through a modern, event-based C++17 interface. It stays faithful to libuv's semantics while providing RAII-style handles and event callbacks for loops, TCP, and other async I/O resources.

Use cases

• write an async TCP server in modern C++
• wrap libuv event loop with a C++ API
• build cross-platform async I/O without raw libuv callbacks
• handle file system and network events with an event-based C++ library
• replace hand-written libuv C code with RAII C++ handles

When to choose

• you want libuv functionality with a clean modern C++ API
• you prefer header-only integration or vcpkg availability
• you're building event-driven networked applications in C++17

When to avoid

• you need a higher-level networking framework with abstractions beyond libuv
• your project doesn't use C++17 or modern C++
• you need coroutine-based async I/O rather than event callbacks

Facets

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concurrency networking developer-tools developer-tools cross-platform backend cpp windows cross-platform libuv event-loop header-only modern-cpp async-io cpp17 linux macos

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