chriskohlhoff/asio
Asio C++ Library
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Where it stands
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The project lists 100 contributors on GitHub.
Peaked at #93 in the weekly ranking the week of Jul 12, its best in the past year.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a cross-platform C++ library for network and low-level I/O programming using asynchronous operations.
- Enables efficient, scalable, and portable asynchronous I/O without requiring external dependencies.
- Use for developing high-performance network servers and clients with asynchronous socket communication.
- Use for implementing event-driven applications that require non-blocking timers and serial port communication.
- Use for building custom asynchronous protocols or integrating asynchronous I/O into existing C++ applications.
Should you depend on it?
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License
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- README: present
Watch-outs
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- No GitHub releases; pin a commit or tag instead of a release.
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From the README
asio version 1.38.1 Released Thursday, 14 May 2026.
Visit https://think-async.com/ or see packaged doc/index.html for API documentation and a tutorial.
Daily snapshots
Stars gained per day, and how forks and open issues moved, from GStars' daily snapshots
Forks
1.5K+14
Open issues
996+12
Compared with peers in Developer Tools
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| stablyai/orca | 116.8K | +6.6K | 40 | today |
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| herdrdev/herdr | 48.3K | +1.7K | 59 | 22 days ago |
| The-PR-Agent/pr-agent | 15.1K | +1.5K | 64 | 11 days ago |
| chriskohlhoff/asio | 6.2K | — | 35 | — |
| Category median | 116.8K | +5.1K | 60 | — |
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