Also known as "pthreads-win32", POSIX Threads for Windows implements a large subset of the threads related API from the Single Unix Specification Version 3.

Conformance and quality are high priorities of this mature library. Development began in 1998 and has continued with numerous significant professional contributions.

Please note:- whilst PThreads4W can be built and run by it, MinGW64 includes it's own default POSIX Threads library called "winpthreads". The two are not compatible and in order to build and run PThreads4W (formerly PThreads-WIn32) MinGW64 must be installed without win32pthreads. If you want or need to build and run with PThreads4W then you need to choose win32 threading instead of POSIX when you install MinGW64 to not install the conflicting winpthreads include and library files.

Features

  • Single Unix Specification 3 (POSIX) Threads API compliant
  • 64 and 32 bit Windows supported
  • MSVS or GNU GCC (e.g. MinGW or MinGW64) supported
  • Windows native threads able to interact (synchronise etc.) with POSIX threads through the POSIX API
  • Designed for zero modification of POSIX compliant source code, it is not an emulation and the synchonisation objects are not simple wrappers for Windows equivalents.

Project Activity

See All Activity >

Categories

Libraries

License

GNU Library or Lesser General Public License version 2.0 (LGPLv2)

Follow POSIX Threads for Windows

POSIX Threads for Windows Web Site

Other Useful Business Software
Total Network Visibility for Network Engineers and IT Managers Icon
Total Network Visibility for Network Engineers and IT Managers

Network monitoring and troubleshooting is hard. TotalView makes it easy.

This means every device on your network, and every interface on every device is automatically analyzed for performance, errors, QoS, and configuration.
Rate This Project
Login To Rate This Project

User Ratings

★★★★★
★★★★
★★★
★★
2
0
0
0
0
ease 1 of 5 2 of 5 3 of 5 4 of 5 5 of 5 5 / 5
features 1 of 5 2 of 5 3 of 5 4 of 5 5 of 5 4 / 5
design 1 of 5 2 of 5 3 of 5 4 of 5 5 of 5 4 / 5
support 1 of 5 2 of 5 3 of 5 4 of 5 5 of 5 4 / 5

User Reviews

  • Very convenient. It is very useful. Thank you very much.
  • Easy to port to Windows CE
Read more reviews >

Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

MinGW/MSYS2, Windows IoT, Windows

Intended Audience

Developers

Programming Language

C

Related Categories

C Libraries

Registered

2012-01-15