Feature: Extended Windows support

[aleezanooor]

Hi exo team,

I’m thrilled to contribute to the exo project because I genuinely love what you’re building—a powerful, open-source platform that brings people together. This pull request extends Windows support to make the project more accessible to Windows users like me, and I hope it helps grow the community even further!

What’s Changed
To make exo play nicely on Windows, I’ve made the following updates:

• Updated Dependencies: Replaced the Linux-specific uv loop with its Windows-compatible counterpart to ensure smooth event handling on Windows.
• Tinygrad Compatibility: Tweaked the tinygrad library for Windows 11 Pro by adjusting platform-specific calls, making it fully functional for Windows users.

Why It Matters
This opens exo to the Windows ecosystem, broadening its accessibility. I’ve tested everything on Microsoft Windows 11 Pro to ensure it’s rock-solid.

Testing

• Ran the updated code on Windows [version] to verify the uv loop replacement handles [specific tasks, e.g., async operations] correctly.
• Validated tinygrad functionality with the browser ui to ensure it performs consistently.

Notes
First-time contributor—happy to refine anything you suggest!

• CLA signed and emailed to [email protected] from [email protected] on Feb 24, 2025.

Thanks for taking a look, and for all the amazing work you do with exo. Can’t wait to hear your feedback!

Cheers,
Mohammed Salman (aleezanooor)

[tensorsofthewall]

I suggest not using netifaces since its unmaintained (archived project), and causes installation issues on Windows/wsl. #607 replaces it with scapy, i would suggest sticking to that, or using a different library thats well maintained.