carllerche/mio-examples — explained in plain English
Analysis updated 2026-08-15 · repo last pushed 2015-08-03
Learn how to use MIO for low-level network programming in Rust by studying a working echo server example.
Use the Ping Pong echo server as a starting point for building a custom server that handles many simultaneous connections.
Understand the basics of accepting network connections and echoing data back to clients line by line.
| carllerche/mio-examples | archledger/irlume | bottlesdevs/next-server | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Language | Rust | Rust | Rust |
| Last pushed | 2015-08-03 | — | 2026-07-31 |
| Maintenance | Dormant | — | Active |
| Setup difficulty | easy | moderate | hard |
| Complexity | 2/5 | 3/5 | 4/5 |
| Audience | developer | developer | developer |
Figures from each repo's GitHub metadata at analysis time.
Each example is a standalone Rust project you can compile and run with Cargo, but note the examples have been moved to the main MIO repository.
MIO Examples is a small collection of sample programs built using MIO, a Rust library for handling many network connections at once. The examples are meant to help developers learn how to use MIO by showing working code they can run and study. The repository currently contains one example called "Ping Pong," which is a simple echo server. An echo server receives text from a client over a network connection and sends that same text back. It reads input line by line, making it straightforward to understand the basics of accepting connections and moving data around. Each example is set up as a standalone project, so you can compile and run it on its own without needing the rest of the repository. The audience here is developers learning Rust who want to understand low-level networking. If you are building something like a custom game server, a chat backend, or any application that needs to juggle many simultaneous connections efficiently, MIO is one of the tools you might reach for. These examples give you a starting point so you can see the library in action rather than just reading documentation. One thing worth noting is that this repository is no longer the main home for these examples. They have been moved into the main MIO repository as part of its getting started documentation. So if you are looking to learn from these examples today, you would find them integrated directly into the main project's docs rather than maintained separately here.
A small collection of example programs built with MIO, a Rust library for handling many network connections simultaneously. Includes a simple echo server to help developers learn low-level networking in Rust.
Mainly Rust. The stack also includes Rust, MIO.
Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2015-08-03).
No license information is provided in this repository.
Setup difficulty is rated easy, with roughly 5min to a first successful run.
Mainly developer.
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