# udev

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/linux/udev/  
**Provider:** Linux — https://apis.io/providers/linux/  
**Documentation:** https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/udev.html

udev is one of 10 APIs that [Linux](https://apis.io/providers/linux/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Devices, Hardware, and Hotplug. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation.

Device manager for the Linux kernel handling device nodes and hotplug events under /dev.

## Machine-readable artifacts (1)

- **Documentation** — https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/udev.html

## Other Linux APIs (9)

- [Linux Kernel Userspace API](https://apis.io/apis/linux/linux-kernel-userspace-api/)
- [eBPF Userspace API](https://apis.io/apis/linux/ebpf-userspace-api/)
- [Netlink API](https://apis.io/apis/linux/netlink-api/)
- [Seccomp BPF](https://apis.io/apis/linux/seccomp-bpf/)
- [Landlock](https://apis.io/apis/linux/landlock/)
- [procfs](https://apis.io/apis/linux/procfs/)
- [sysfs](https://apis.io/apis/linux/sysfs/)
- [systemd D-Bus API](https://apis.io/apis/linux/systemd-dbus/)
- [Linux PAM](https://apis.io/apis/linux/linux-pam/)

## Tags

Devices, Hardware, Hotplug

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/linux/udev/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/linux/.