STL VS asio

Compare STL vs asio and see what are their differences.

STL

MSVC's implementation of the C++ Standard Library. (by microsoft)

asio

Boost.org asio module (by boostorg)
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STL asio
152 4
9,610 1,102
1.2% 2.0%
9.6 8.6
5 days ago 15 days ago
C++ C++
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STL

Posts with mentions or reviews of STL. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-11-19.

asio

Posts with mentions or reviews of asio. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-12-07.
  • Boost v1.78.0
    7 projects | /r/cpp | 7 Dec 2021
    On mobile so have trouble finding relevant docs, but this commit seems to contain bulk of the io_uring support: https://github.com/boostorg/asio/commit/292dcdcb94d1e5cd47b3275c1e8ad93dd19dc912
  • When should I override basic_streambuf::seekoff?
    3 projects | /r/cpp | 3 Mar 2021
    Doing some research on other people's experience in implementing custom stream buffers, I rarely see seekoff (and it's companion seekpos) being overriden. Boost ASIO's basic_streambuf does not. This article on writing custom stream buffers and this other article (both show up on the first page in a Google search) do not.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing STL and asio you can also consider the following projects:

EA Standard Template Library - EASTL stands for Electronic Arts Standard Template Library. It is an extensive and robust implementation that has an emphasis on high performance.

Boost.Asio - Asio C++ Library

robin-hood-hashing - Fast & memory efficient hashtable based on robin hood hashing for C++11/14/17/20

tracy - Frame profiler

gcc

llvm-project - The LLVM Project is a collection of modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technologies.

ziglings - Learn the Zig programming language by fixing tiny broken programs.

julia - The Julia Programming Language

C++ Format - A modern formatting library

cppwin32 - A modern C++ projection for the Win32 SDK

Folly - An open-source C++ library developed and used at Facebook.

kc85.zig - A KC85 emulator written in Zig