use uvloop as the new event loop on Linux and macOS

src/pipecat/__init__.py

@@ -4,10 +4,26 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD 2-Clause License
 #
 
+import asyncio
+import sys
 from importlib.metadata import version
 
 from loguru import logger
 
 __version__ = version("pipecat-ai")
 
-logger.info(f"ᓚᘏᗢ Pipecat {__version__} ᓚᘏᗢ")
+event_loop = "asyncio"
+
+if sys.platform in ("linux", "darwin"):
+    try:
+        import asyncio
+
+        import uvloop
+
+        event_loop = f"uvloop {uvloop.__version__}"
+        asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(uvloop.EventLoopPolicy())
+    except ImportError:
+        logger.debug(f"Couldn't find `uvloop`")
+        pass
+
+logger.info(f"ᓚᘏᗢ Pipecat {__version__} ({event_loop}; Python {sys.version}) ᓚᘏᗢ")