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<h2 id="features">Features</h2> <p>From:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> </p> <ul><li>Full-featured event loop backed by epoll, kqueue, IOCP, event ports</li> <li>Asynchronous <a href="/facts/Transmission_Control_Protocol/WW4sPrt9">TCP</a> and <a href="/facts/User_Datagram_Protocol/dxLU0D6q">UDP</a> sockets</li> <li>Asynchronous <a href="/facts/Domain_Name_System/rfxdWFsj">DNS</a> resolution</li> <li>Asynchronous file and <a href="/facts/File_system/FdPm90uc">file system</a> operations</li> <li>File system events</li> <li><a href="/facts/ANSI_escape_code/29l9Yalv">ANSI escape code</a> controlled <a href="/facts/Computer_terminal/fSlx05qV">TTY</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Inter-process_communication/cIQYyT6y">IPC</a> with socket sharing, using <a href="/facts/Unix_domain_socket/fHCylnmJ">Unix domain sockets</a> or <a href="/facts/Named_pipe/g78xY9lC">named pipes</a> (Windows)</li> <li><a href="/facts/Child_process/qwBcoGAq">Child processes</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Thread_(computing)/hh8WHyPd">Thread</a> pool</li> <li>Signal handling</li> <li>High resolution clock</li> <li>Threading and synchronization primitives</li></ul> <h2 id="origin-of-the-name">Origin of the name</h2> <p>According to libuv developer Ben Noordhuis, the name libuv originally had no specific meaning, but as people kept asking about it, so they made something up. They came up with <a href="/facts/Unicorn/DSLd4tTI">Unicorn</a> <a href="/facts/Velociraptor/KuXnwgjC">Velociraptor</a>, which became the logo of the library.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li>Free and open-source software portal</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Libevent/XCbgWGHn">libevent</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Reactor_pattern/svHjSFHw">Reactor pattern</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://libuv.org/">Official website</a> </li> <li><a href="https://github.com/libuv/libuv">libuv</a> on <a href="/facts/GitHub/n1hNCsc3">GitHub</a></li> <li><a href="https://nikhilm.github.io/uvbook/">An Introduction to libuv</a></li> <li><a href="http://docs.libuv.org/">libuv API documentation</a></li> <li><a href="http://docs.libuv.org/en/latest/design.html">libuv design overview</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>"Projects that use libuv". libuv GitHub project page. Retrieved 13 January 2025. <a href="https://github.com/libuv/libuv/blob/v1.x/LINKS.md" target="_blank">https://github.com/libuv/libuv/blob/v1.x/LINKS.md</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>An introduction to libuv <a href="https://nikhilm.github.io/uvbook/introduction.html#background" target="_blank">https://nikhilm.github.io/uvbook/introduction.html#background</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"The libuv project page and source code". GitHub. Retrieved 30 June 2016. <a href="https://github.com/libuv/libuv" target="_blank">https://github.com/libuv/libuv</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"What does UV stand for in libuv?". groups.google.com. Retrieved 7 June 2022. <a href="https://groups.google.com/g/libuv/c/jGpqKLXAVBE" target="_blank">https://groups.google.com/g/libuv/c/jGpqKLXAVBE</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>