ThreadWeaver

Original author(s)	Mirko Boehm
Developer(s)	Mirko Boehm
Stable release	6.9.0[1]  / 13 December 2024; 1 day ago (13 December 2024)
Operating system	Linux, other Unix and Unix-like systems, Windows
Type	System library multithreaded library
License	LGPL
Website	api.kde.org/frameworks-api/frameworks5-apidocs/threadweaver/html/index.html

ThreadWeaver is a system library initially developed for KDE Software Compilation 4^[2] and later refactored for KDE Frameworks 5.^[3]

ThreadWeaver allows developers to easily take advantage of multi-core processors and multithreading. In ThreadWeaver the workload is divided into individual jobs, then relationship between jobs (what order they should be completed or which has a higher priority); from that ThreadWeaver will work out the most efficient way to execute them. Krita has implemented visual filter previews using ThreadWeaver to prevent GUI lockups.

• Till Adam and Mirko Boehm (2009). "When the bazaar sets out to build cathedrals (§ ThreadWeaver)". In Diomidis Spinellis and Georgios Gousios (ed.). Beautiful Architecture: Leading Thinkers Reveal the Hidden Beauty in Software Design. O'Reilly Media, Inc. pp. 303–314. ISBN 9780596517984.