***UDPDK*** is a minimal [**UDP**](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc768) stack based on [**DPDK**](https://www.dpdk.org/) for fast point-to-point communication.
***UDPDK*** is a minimal [**UDP**](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc768) stack based on [**DPDK**](https://www.dpdk.org/) for fast point-to-point communication between servers.
It represents the ideal solution if you want to quickly move packets between two hosts, bypassing the cumbersome kernel stack, yet without disruptive changes to the existing application logic.
It runs completely in userspace, so that you can move your packets quickly without going through the cumbersome kernel stack.
Indeed, thanks to its POSIX-like API, porting existing applications is usually as simple as renaming a couple of functions<sup>1</sup>.
Moreover, thanks to its POSIX-like API, porting existing applications to UDPDK is dead easy!<sup>1</sup>
**What UDPDK is:**
**What UDPDK is:**
- A transport-level network stack
- A transport-level network stack
- A POSIX-like implementation of UDP sockets over DPDK
- A POSIX-like implementation of UDP sockets on top of DPDK
- A framework for low-latency packet exchanging for critical applications
- A framework for low-latency packet exchanging
**What UDPDK is NOT:**
**What UDPDK is NOT:**
- A complete IP stack
- A complete IP stack
- A mechanism to interconnect large networks nodes
- A mechanism to interconnect large networks nodes
- A software running on low-end NICs
- A software running on low-end consumer NICs
<sup>1</sup>*Some options may be unsupported yet.*
<sup>1</sup>*Some features may be unsupported yet.*
