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13816 :: What are the options available in the Nim ecosystem for green threads?

• doublefreepointer (orginal) [2026-03-25T17:03:28+01:00] view original

  Is there something like, goroutines available in any of the Nim packages?

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• ashish111333 (orginal) [2026-03-25T17:54:40+01:00] view original

  there is chronos, and malbolgia but there are not like go runtime, where you can just launch routines and they can do whatever ( Io/ or cpu work and the runtime handles both).

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• Araq (orginal) [2026-03-25T18:14:00+01:00] view original

  You can also look into CPS based solutions:

  
  atlas search cps
  
  cps:
    url:         https://github.com/nim-works/cps (git)
    tags:        async, await, concurrency, continuation, coroutines, cps, fibers, io, nim, parallel, passing, style, threads
    description: Continuation-Passing Style for Nim 🔗
    license:     MIT
    website:     https://github.com/nim-works/cps
  
  eventqueue:
    url:         https://github.com/disruptek/eventqueue (git)
    tags:
    description: reference CPS dispatcher using selectors
    license:     MIT
    website:     https://github.com/disruptek/eventqueue
  
  passenger:
    url:         https://github.com/disruptek/passenger (git)
    tags:
    description: a demo of cps dispatch-fu
    license:     MIT
    website:     https://github.com/disruptek/passenger
  
  cpstest:
    url:         https://github.com/zevv/cpstest (git)
    tags:
    description:
    license:
    website:     https://github.com/zevv/cpstest
  
  cps-baremetal:
    url:         https://github.com/zevv/cps-baremetal (git)
    tags:
    description:
    license:
    website:     https://github.com/zevv/cps-baremetal
  
  cpslearning:
    url:         https://github.com/shayanhabibi/cpslearning (git)
    tags:
    description: Some things while I learn cps
    license:
    website:     https://github.com/shayanhabibi/cpslearning
  
  cps-runtime:
    url:         https://github.com/gabearro/cps-runtime (git)
    tags:
    description: Nim CPS runtime with http1.1, http2, http3, ws, sse, webtransport, irc, dns and a React-like DSL, http server DSL, and wasm compilation
    license:
    website:     https://github.com/gabearro/cps-runtime
  Run

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