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+# libuv
+
+libuv is a multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O. It
+was primarily developed for use by [Node.js](http://nodejs.org), but it's also
+used by Mozilla's [Rust language](http://www.rust-lang.org/),
+[Luvit](http://luvit.io/), [Julia](http://julialang.org/),
+[pyuv](https://crate.io/packages/pyuv/), and [others](https://github.com/joyent/libuv/wiki/Projects-that-use-libuv).
+
+## Feature highlights
+
+ * Full-featured event loop backed by epoll, kqueue, IOCP, event ports.
+
+ * Asynchronous TCP and UDP sockets
+
+ * Asynchronous DNS resolution
+
+ * Asynchronous file and file system operations
+
+ * File system events
+
+ * ANSI escape code controlled TTY
+
+ * IPC with socket sharing, using Unix domain sockets or named pipes (Windows)
+
+ * Child processes
+
+ * Thread pool
+
+ * Signal handling
+
+ * High resolution clock
+
+ * Threading and synchronization primitives
+
+
+## Community
+
+ * [Mailing list](http://groups.google.com/group/libuv)
+
+## Documentation
+
+ * [include/uv.h](https://github.com/joyent/libuv/blob/master/include/uv.h)
+   — API documentation in the form of detailed header comments.
+ * [An Introduction to libuv](http://nikhilm.github.com/uvbook/)
+   — An overview of libuv with tutorials.
+ * [LXJS 2012 talk](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGn60vDSxQ4)
+   — High-level introductory talk about libuv.
+ * [Tests and benchmarks](https://github.com/joyent/libuv/tree/master/test)
+   — API specification and usage examples.
+ * [libuv-dox](https://github.com/thlorenz/libuv-dox)
+   — Documenting types and methods of libuv, mostly by reading uv.h.
+
+## Build Instructions
+
+For GCC there are two methods building: via autotools or via [GYP][].
+GYP is a meta-build system which can generate MSVS, Makefile, and XCode
+backends. It is best used for integration into other projects.
+
+To build with autotools:
+
+    $ sh autogen.sh
+    $ ./configure
+    $ make
+    $ make check
+    $ make install
+
+### Windows
+
+First, Python 2.6 or 2.7 must be installed as it is required by [GYP][].
+
+Also, the directory for the preferred Python executable must be specified
+by the `PYTHON` or `Path` environment variables.
+
+To build with Visual Studio, launch a git shell (e.g. Cmd or PowerShell)
+and run vcbuild.bat which will checkout the GYP code into build/gyp and
+generate uv.sln as well as related project files.
+
+To have GYP generate build script for another system, checkout GYP into the
+project tree manually:
+
+    $ mkdir -p build
+    $ git clone https://git.chromium.org/external/gyp.git build/gyp
+
+### Unix
+
+Run:
+
+    $ ./gyp_uv.py -f make
+    $ make -C out
+
+### OS X
+
+Run:
+
+    $ ./gyp_uv.py -f xcode
+    $ xcodebuild -ARCHS="x86_64" -project uv.xcodeproj \
+         -configuration Release -target All
+
+Note to OS X users:
+
+Make sure that you specify the architecture you wish to build for in the
+"ARCHS" flag. You can specify more than one by delimiting with a space
+(e.g. "x86_64 i386").
+
+### Android
+
+Run:
+
+    $ source ./android-configure NDK_PATH gyp
+    $ make -C out
+
+Note for UNIX users: compile your project with `-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE` and
+`-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64`. GYP builds take care of that automatically.
+
+### Running tests
+
+Run:
+
+    $ ./gyp_uv.py -f make
+    $ make -C out
+    $ ./out/Debug/run-tests
+
+## Supported Platforms
+
+Microsoft Windows operating systems since Windows XP SP2. It can be built
+with either Visual Studio or MinGW. Consider using
+[Visual Studio Express 2010][] or later if you do not have a full Visual
+Studio license.
+
+Linux using the GCC toolchain.
+
+OS X using the GCC or XCode toolchain.
+
+Solaris 121 and later using GCC toolchain.
+
+## patches
+
+See the [guidelines for contributing][].
+
+[node.js]: http://nodejs.org/
+[GYP]: http://code.google.com/p/gyp/
+[Visual Studio Express 2010]: http://www.microsoft.com/visualstudio/eng/products/visual-studio-2010-express
+[guidelines for contributing]: https://github.com/joyent/libuv/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md