The difference between Tokio tasks and OS threads

Stop treating tokio::spawn as a thread! I launched 1000 tasks in 2 seconds and the system stayed calm

tokio::spawn is not a thread but a lightweight task. Under Tokio’s scheduler you build highly concurrent services with sleep, timeout and select — 1000 tasks in 2 seconds with negligible overhead.

August 11, 2025 · Rexai Programming
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