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2 Welcome to the libuv documentation
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3 ==================================
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4
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5 Overview
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6 --------
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7
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8 libuv is a multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O. It
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9 was primarily developed for use by `Node.js`_, but it's also used by `Luvit`_,
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10 `Julia`_, `uvloop`_, and `others`_.
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11
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12 .. note::
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13 In case you find errors in this documentation you can help by sending
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14 `pull requests <https://github.com/libuv/libuv>`_!
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15
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16 .. _Node.js: https://nodejs.org
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17 .. _Luvit: https://luvit.io
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18 .. _Julia: https://julialang.org
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19 .. _uvloop: https://github.com/MagicStack/uvloop
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20 .. _others: https://github.com/libuv/libuv/blob/v1.x/LINKS.md
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23 Features
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24 --------
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25
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26 * Full-featured event loop backed by epoll, kqueue, IOCP, event ports.
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27 * Asynchronous TCP and UDP sockets
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28 * Asynchronous DNS resolution
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29 * Asynchronous file and file system operations
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30 * File system events
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31 * ANSI escape code controlled TTY
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32 * IPC with socket sharing, using Unix domain sockets or named pipes (Windows)
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33 * Child processes
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34 * Thread pool
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35 * Signal handling
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36 * High resolution clock
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37 * Threading and synchronization primitives
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38
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39
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40 Documentation
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41 -------------
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42
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43 .. toctree::
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44 :maxdepth: 1
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46 design
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47 api
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48 guide
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49 upgrading
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50
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52 Downloads
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53 ---------
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55 libuv can be downloaded from `here <https://dist.libuv.org/dist/>`_.
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56
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58 Installation
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59 ------------
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61 Installation instructions can be found in the `README <https://github.com/libuv/libuv/blob/master/README.md>`_.
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