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Welcome to the libuv documentation
==================================
Overview
--------
libuv is a multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O. It
was primarily developed for use by `Node.js`_, but it's also used by `Luvit`_,
`Julia`_, `uvloop`_, and `others`_.
.. note::
In case you find errors in this documentation you can help by sending
`pull requests <https://github.com/libuv/libuv>`_!
.. _Node.js: https://nodejs.org
.. _Luvit: https://luvit.io
.. _Julia: https://julialang.org
.. _uvloop: https://github.com/MagicStack/uvloop
.. _others: https://github.com/libuv/libuv/blob/v1.x/LINKS.md
Features
--------
* Full-featured event loop backed by epoll, kqueue, IOCP, event ports.
* Asynchronous TCP and UDP sockets
* Asynchronous DNS resolution
* Asynchronous file and file system operations
* File system events
* ANSI escape code controlled TTY
* IPC with socket sharing, using Unix domain sockets or named pipes (Windows)
* Child processes
* Thread pool
* Signal handling
* High resolution clock
* Threading and synchronization primitives
Documentation
-------------
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
design
api
guide
upgrading
Downloads
---------
libuv can be downloaded from `here <https://dist.libuv.org/dist/>`_.
Installation
------------
Installation instructions can be found in the `README <https://github.com/libuv/libuv/blob/master/README.md>`_.
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