| Platform | Architectures |
|---|---|
| Linux | x86_64 (glibc) |
| macOS | arm64 |
| Windows | x86_64 |
- Header:
irohnet.h, checked into the repo - Examples: main.c and the multi-thread examples
- All languages: platform support matrix
iroh-c-ffi is a raw C API generated with safer-ffi — unlike the Python, Swift, Kotlin, and JavaScript bindings, it isn’t built on iroh-ffi/uniffi. There are no prebuilt binaries; you build the static/shared library from source and link against it.
Install
This produces target/release/libiroh_c_ffi.{a,so,dylib}. The matching header is already checked in as irohnet.h; regenerate it only if you’re tracking an API change:
Hello, iroh
Build and link against the library from the previous step:
This binds an endpoint with a single ALPN, waits up to 5 seconds for a home relay, and prints the endpoint id. See the CI workflow for the extra link flags Windows needs.