lwIP

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Analyzed 2 days ago. based on code collected 3 days ago.

Project Summary

lwIP is an implementation of the TCP/IP protocol suite focused on reducing resource usage while still having a full scale TCP/IP. lwIP is suitable for embedded systems with ~10KB of free RAM and ~40KB of code ROM.

lwIP features:

- IPv4, IPv6, ICMP, IGMP, TCP, UDP
- Specialized raw API for enhanced performance
- Optional Berkeley-alike socket API
- DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol)
- PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol)
- ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) for Ethernet

In a Nutshell, lwIP...

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has had 15,198 commits made by 156 contributors
representing 273,551 lines of code
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is mostly written in C
with a well-commented source code
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a large development team
with decreasing Y-O-Y commits
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took an estimated 72 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in October, 2002
ending with its most recent commit 25 days ago

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