# Luv 0.5.1 — a libuv binding — Windows support

**URL:** <https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/luv-0-5-1-a-libuv-binding-windows-support/5334>\
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**Created:** [March 17, 2020, 1:09pm UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/luv-0-5-1-a-libuv-binding-windows-support/5334 "2020-03-17T13:09:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![antron](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ocaml.org/antron/32/62_2.png) [@antron](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/antron)\
**Post date:** [March 17, 2020, 1:09pm UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/luv-0-5-1-a-libuv-binding-windows-support/5334/1 "2020-03-17T13:09:13Z")

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I am pleased to announce release [0.5.1](https://github.com/aantron/luv/releases/tag/0.5.1) of [**Luv**](https://github.com/aantron/luv). The main change is the addition of Windows support, which makes Luv fully cross-platform.

Accordingly, Luv 0.5.1 is now installable from both the main opam repo, and from opam-repository-mingw.

> **[aantron/luv](https://github.com/aantron/luv)**
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> Cross-platform asynchronous I/O and system calls. Contribute to aantron/luv development by creating an account on GitHub.

Also, as a side effect of the build system refactoring that was needed to support Windows, Luv’s build system no longer requires Python, and supports cross-compilation.

The other noteworthy change in release 0.5.1 is a routine upgrade of the vendored libuv to its latest version, [1.35.0](https://github.com/libuv/libuv/releases/tag/v1.35.0).

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