evenbytes
evenbytes is a lightweight file transfer protocol designed for high‑throughput, low‑latency applications. Developed in 2021 by a team of researchers at the University of Neuchâtel, the protocol addresses the overhead and fragmentation problems observed in legacy binary streaming protocols such as FTP and HTTP/2 for large, sequential data streams. evenbytes operates over UDP, using a single‑direction data channel augmented with a minimal acknowledgement mechanism to ensure reliability without the extensive handshaking of TCP.
The protocol’s name derives from its core principle: data is transmitted in even, contiguous byte blocks rather
in practice, evenbytes is used primarily in high‑performance computing environments, such as climate simulation workflows and
The protocol is open source and published under the Apache 2.0 license, and standard libraries are available