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uvloop is a fast, drop-in replacement of the built-in asyncio
event loop. uvloop is implemented in Cython and uses libuv
under the hood.
The project documentation can be found
`here <http://uvloop.readthedocs.org/>`_. Please also check out the
`wiki <https://github.com/MagicStack/uvloop/wiki>`_.
Performance
-----------
uvloop makes asyncio 2-4x faster.
.. image:: performance.png
:target: http://magic.io/blog/uvloop-blazing-fast-python-networking/
The above chart shows the performance of an echo server with different
message sizes. The *sockets* benchmark uses ``loop.sock_recv()`` and
``loop.sock_sendall()`` methods; the *streams* benchmark uses asyncio
high-level streams, created by the ``asyncio.start_server()`` function;
and the *protocol* benchmark uses ``loop.create_server()`` with a simple
echo protocol. Read more about uvloop
`performance <http://magic.io/blog/uvloop-blazing-fast-python-networking/>`_.
Installation
------------
uvloop requires Python 3.5 and is available on PyPI.
Use pip to install it::
$ pip install uvloop
Using uvloop
------------
To make asyncio use uvloop, you can install the uvloop event
loop policy:
.. code:: python
import asyncio
import uvloop
asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(uvloop.EventLoopPolicy())
Development of uvloop
---------------------
To build uvloop, you'll need Cython and Python 3.5. The best way
is to create a virtual env, so that you'll have ``cython`` and
``python`` commands pointing to the correct tools.
1. ``git clone --recursive git@github.com:MagicStack/uvloop.git``
2. ``cd uvloop``
3. ``make``
4. ``make test``
License
-------
uvloop is dual-licensed under MIT and Apache 2.0 licenses.