Sysv_ipc gives Python programs access to System V semaphores, shared memory and message queues. Most (all?) Unixes (including OS X) support System V IPC. Windows+Cygwin 1.7 might also work.
Sample code is included.
sysv_ipc is free software (free as in speech and free as in beer) released under a 3-clause BSD license. Complete licensing information is available in the LICENSE file.
You might also be interested in the similar POSIX IPC module at: http://semanchuk.com/philip/posix_ipc/
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System V IPC primitives (semaphores, shared memory and message queues) for Python
We found that sysv-ipc demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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