GNU Pth - The GNU Portable Threads

Copyright © 1999-2005 Ralf S. Engelschall <rse@gnu.org>

Multithreading Libraries

The following is a collection of references to all known multithreading libraries for Unix operating systems.

• Pth - GNU Portable Threads
  http://www.gnu.org/software/pth/
  ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/pth/
  Ralf S. Engelschall, 1999-2000

• CMU LWP - CMU Lightweight Processes
  ftp://ftp.coda.cs.cmu.edu/pub/coda/src/
  Larry Raper et all, 1984-2000

• FSU Pthreads - FSU/PART POSIX Threads
  http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~mueller/pthreads/
  ftp://ftp.cs.fsu.edu/pub/PART/PTHREADS/
  Frank Mueller, 1992-1999

• ST - SGI State Threads Library
  http://oss.sgi.com/projects/state-threads/
  Silicon Graphics, 2000.

• NSPR - Netscape Portable Runtime
  http://www.mozilla.org/docs/refList/refNSPR/
  Netscape Corporation, Mozilla Project, 1998-2000.

• pmp - Patched MIT POSIX Threads
  http://www.humanfactor.com/pthreads/mit-pthreads.html
  sdybiec@humanfactor.com, 1997-1998

• MIT pthreads - MIT POSIX Threads
  http://www.mit.edu/~proven/pthreads.html
  ftp://sipb.mit.edu/pub/pthreads/
  Chris Provenzano, 1993-1996

• PTL - Portable Thread Library
  http://www.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/~k-abe/PTL/
  ftp://ftp.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/pub/PTL/
  Kota Abe, 1997-1999

• PTL - Portable Thread Library
  http://www-sor.inria.fr/~bruncott/PTL/
  ftp://ftp.inria.fr/INRIA/Projects/SOR/misc/thread-lib/
  Georges Brun-Cottan, 1996-1997

• LinuxThreads - Linux POSIX Threads
  http://pauillac.inria.fr/~xleroy/linuxthreads/
  Xavier Leroy, 1997-1999

• uthread - FreeBSD User-Land Threads
  ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/FreeBSD-current/src/lib/libc_r/uthread/
  John Birrell, 1998-1999

• Cthreads - A parallel programming library
  http://www.cc.gatech.edu/systems/projects/Cthreads/
  Greg S. Eisenhauer, 1991-1997

• PCThreads - POSIX.1c and DCE Threads For Linux
  http://members.aa.net/~mtp/PCthreads.html
  Michael T. Peterson, 1996

• OpenThreads - Open Implementation of Lightweight Threads
  http://www.cs.uwyo.edu/~haines/research/ot/
  Matthew D. Haines, 1996-1997

• RT++ - Higher Order Threads for C++
  http://www.risc.uni-linz.ac.at/software/rt++/
  ftp://ftp.risc.uni-linz.ac.at/pub/parlab/rt++/
  Wolfgang Schreiner, 1996-1997

• pthreads-win32 - POSIX Threads for Win32
  http://sourceware.cygnus.com/pthreads-win32/
  Cygnus, 1998-1999

• rsthreads - Really Simple Threads
  ftp://ftp.ai.mit.edu/pub/rst/
  Robert S. Thau, 1996

• bb_threads - Bare-Bones Threads
  ftp://caliban.physics.utoronto.ca/pub/linux/
  Christopher Neufeld, 1996

• jkthread - Simple Kernel Threads for Linux
  http://www.jdkoftinoff.com/linux3.html
  Jeff Koftinoff, 1998

• NThreads - Threads for Numerical Applications
  ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/Local/informatik/rechnerarchitektur/nthreads/
  Thomas Radke, 1997

• RexThreads - Light-weight Processes for Rex
  ftp://ftp.inria.fr/prog/threads/
  Stephen Crane, 1993

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