wepoll
A fast and scalable epoll API implementation for Windows, enabling efficient socket state notifications.
What is wepoll?
wepoll is a C library that implements the Linux epoll API for Windows, providing a fast and scalable socket event notification system. It solves the problem of inefficient socket polling on Windows by offering a high-performance alternative to native APIs like select and WSAPoll, which have scalability and reliability issues.
Developers building cross-platform network applications or server software that need efficient socket I/O on Windows, especially those porting Linux-based software that relies on epoll.
Developers choose wepoll because it delivers near-Linux epoll performance on Windows with minimal code changes, enabling scalable socket handling without the overhead of I/O completion ports or the limitations of native Windows polling APIs.
Overview
wepoll: fast epoll for windows 🎭
Use Cases
Best For
- Porting Linux network servers to Windows with minimal changes
- Building high-performance socket-based applications on Windows
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