libmowgli ☆

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Description:
Core framework for Atheme applications

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: library c networking event-driven irc

Install: brew install libmowgli

About:
Libmowgli is a high-performance, event-driven C library designed as the core infrastructure for the Atheme IRC services framework. It provides a robust event loop, efficient data structures, and a flexible logging system, enabling developers to build scalable network applications. Its primary value lies in offering lightweight and portable foundational components for complex daemons.

Key Features:

Event-driven architecture
Efficient data structures and algorithms
Flexible logging and debugging system
Portable C implementation

Use Cases:

Building event-driven network daemons
Developing IRC services or clients
Creating high-performance C applications requiring core infrastructure

Alternatives:

libevent – Libevent is a more widely adopted general-purpose event notification library, whereas Libmowgli is specifically optimized for the Atheme ecosystem.
libev – Libev offers a feature-rich and highly performant event loop, while Libmowgli provides a more integrated framework including data structures and logging.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 16, 2025 8:10am		1	VERSION_BUMP	7571b55a