libuv
brew install libuv
v1.52.1
MIT
C library for asynchronous I/O and event-driven programming across Unix and Windows.
Why you might care
libuv is the backbone of Node.js and many other high-performance async systems. Use it when building event-driven applications that need consistent cross-platform async I/O, timers, and networking primitives. It abstracts away platform differences (epoll, kqueue, IOCP) into a single API.
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Build dependencies
Links
- https://libuv.org/
- Brew formula source: Formula/lib/libuv.rb
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