libevent Alternatives

Apps similar to libevent include libuv, which is free and open source. Other options are Tokio and libev. In total there are three apps like libevent for Linux, Mac and Windows.

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  1. libuv icon
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    libuv is a software library that provides asynchronous event notification. libuv supports epoll(4), kqueue(2), Windows IOCP, and Solaris event ports. It is primarily designed for use in Node.js but it is also used by other software projects.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • C++
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  2. Tokio icon
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    Tokio is an open source library providing an asynchronous, event driven platform for building fast, reliable, and lightweight network applications. It leverages Rust's ownership and concurrency model to ensure thread safety. Tokio is a blazing fast, lightweight and reliable.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    libev is a full-featured and high-performance event loop that is loosely modelled after libevent, but without its limitations and bugs. Its features include child/pid watchers, periodic timers based on wallclock (absolute) time (in addition to timers using relative timeouts), as...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
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