# ThreadWeaver

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ThreadWeaver Original author Mirko Boehm Developer Mirko Boehm Stable release 6.27.0[1] / 11 June 2026; 14 days ago (11 June 2026) 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 Repository invent.kde.org/frameworks/threadweaver

**ThreadWeaver** is a system [library](/source/Library_(computing)) initially developed for [KDE Software Compilation 4](/source/KDE_Software_Compilation_4)[2] and later refactored for [KDE Frameworks 5](/source/KDE_Frameworks_5).[3]

ThreadWeaver allows developers to easily take advantage of [multi-core processors](/source/Multi-core_processor) and [multithreading](/source/Thread_(computing)). 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](/source/Krita) has implemented visual filter previews using ThreadWeaver to prevent GUI lockups.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-wikidata-0308668af5f9b176868260b8d377481b828268d1-v20_1-0)** ["KDE Ships Frameworks 6.27.0"](https://kde.org/announcements/frameworks/6/6.27.0/). 11 June 2026. Retrieved 13 June 2026.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["kdelibs API Reference"](https://web.archive.org/web/20110123112011/http://api.kde.org/4.x-api/kdelibs-apidocs/threadweaver/html/index.html). Archived from [the original](http://api.kde.org/4.x-api/kdelibs-apidocs/threadweaver/html/index.html) on 2011-01-23. Retrieved 2017-01-02.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["ThreadWeaver in KDE Frameworks 5"](https://www.slideshare.net/mirkoboehm/thread-weaver-in-kde-frameworks-5#btnNext). 15 July 2013. Retrieved 2015-05-13.

## Further reading

- 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](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780596517984](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780596517984).

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