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Tokio

A runtime for writing reliable asynchronous applications with Rust. Provides I/O, networking, scheduling, timers, ...

Tokio is an open-source libraries and runtimes project on GitHub under the MIT license (permissive), with 34k stars. It is built with Rust. Its last push was 2 days ago.

Stars
34k
License
MIT
Activity
Active
Latest release
tokio-1.54.1

Code on GitHub Website

Judgement

What it is
Building block
What it does
The standard asynchronous runtime for Rust, providing a task scheduler, async I/O, networking and timers.
Adopt it when
You write network services or async code in Rust.
Watch out
Async Rust adds complexity, and libraries tied to Tokio do not mix easily with other runtimes.
Ready for
Production-ready
Runs as
Library
Built with
Rust
How established
Established: started 10 years ago, latest release tokio-1.54.1.
What the license allows
You can build it into a product you sell, as long as you keep its copyright notice.

Judged on 2026-11-03 from the project's README and GitHub data. The license and age lines are worked out directly.

Built from

Rust

Follow it down: Tokio → Rust → runs on a microchip

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