libevent
brew install libevent
v2.1.12_1
BSD-3-Clause
C library for asynchronous I/O and event-driven programming with support for multiple reactor patterns.
Why you might care
libevent is a foundational dependency for networked daemons and high-concurrency applications that need efficient event multiplexing without threading headaches. It abstracts away platform differences (epoll, kqueue, IOCP) and powers widely-used tools like memcached, Redis, and Tor. Use it if your C/C++ project needs to handle thousands of concurrent connections.
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Runtime dependencies
Build dependencies
Links
- https://libevent.org/
- Brew formula source: Formula/lib/libevent.rb
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