diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4e4ee3d0..96ee01f9 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ $loop->addPeriodicTimer(5, function () {
 $loop->run();
 ```
 
+See also the [examples](examples).
+
 ## Usage
 
 Typical applications use a single event loop which is created at the beginning
diff --git a/examples/01-timers.php b/examples/01-timers.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e6107e46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/01-timers.php
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?php
+
+require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
+
+$loop = React\EventLoop\Factory::create();
+
+$loop->addTimer(0.8, function () {
+    echo 'world!' . PHP_EOL;
+});
+
+$loop->addTimer(0.3, function () {
+    echo 'hello ';
+});
+
+$loop->run();
diff --git a/examples/02-periodic.php b/examples/02-periodic.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5e138a62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/02-periodic.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+
+require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
+
+$loop = React\EventLoop\Factory::create();
+
+$timer = $loop->addPeriodicTimer(0.1, function () {
+    echo 'tick!' . PHP_EOL;
+});
+
+$loop->addTimer(1.0, function () use ($loop, $timer) {
+    $loop->cancelTimer($timer);
+    echo 'Done' . PHP_EOL;
+});
+
+$loop->run();
diff --git a/examples/11-consume-stdin.php b/examples/11-consume-stdin.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c1874dd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/11-consume-stdin.php
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<?php
+
+use React\EventLoop\Factory;
+
+require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
+
+if (stream_set_blocking(STDIN, false) !== true) {
+    fwrite(STDERR, 'ERROR: Unable to set STDIN non-blocking' . PHP_EOL);
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+$loop = Factory::create();
+
+$loop->addReadStream(STDIN, function ($stream) use ($loop) {
+    $chunk = fread($stream, 64 * 1024);
+
+    // reading nothing means we reached EOF
+    if ($chunk === '') {
+        $loop->removeReadStream($stream);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    echo strlen($chunk) . ' bytes' . PHP_EOL;
+});
+
+$loop->run();
diff --git a/examples/12-generate-yes.php b/examples/12-generate-yes.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bb78e88f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/12-generate-yes.php
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?php
+
+require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
+
+// data can be given as first argument or defaults to "y"
+$data = (isset($argv[1]) ? $argv[1] : 'y') . "\n";
+
+// repeat data X times in order to fill around 200 KB
+$data = str_repeat($data, round(200000 / strlen($data)));
+
+$loop = React\EventLoop\Factory::create();
+
+$stdout = STDOUT;
+if (stream_set_blocking($stdout, false) !== true) {
+    fwrite(STDERR, 'ERROR: Unable to set STDOUT non-blocking' . PHP_EOL);
+    exit(1);
+}
+
+$loop->addWriteStream($stdout, function () use ($loop, $stdout, &$data) {
+    // try to write data
+    $r = fwrite($stdout, $data);
+
+    // nothing could be written despite being writable => closed
+    if ($r === 0) {
+        $loop->removeWriteStream($stdout);
+        fclose($stdout);
+        fwrite(STDERR, 'Stopped because STDOUT closed' . PHP_EOL);
+
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // implement a very simple ring buffer, unless everything has been written at once:
+    // everything written in this iteration will be appended for next iteration
+    if (isset($data[$r])) {
+        $data = substr($data, $r) . substr($data, 0, $r);
+    }
+});
+
+$loop->run();
diff --git a/examples/21-http-server.php b/examples/21-http-server.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..67423957
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/21-http-server.php
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?php
+
+require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
+
+$loop = React\EventLoop\Factory::create();
+
+$server = stream_socket_server('tcp://127.0.0.1:8080');
+stream_set_blocking($server, 0);
+
+$loop->addReadStream($server, function ($server) use ($loop) {
+    $conn = stream_socket_accept($server);
+    $data = "HTTP/1.1 200 OK\r\nContent-Length: 3\r\n\r\nHi\n";
+    $loop->addWriteStream($conn, function ($conn) use (&$data, $loop) {
+        $written = fwrite($conn, $data);
+        if ($written === strlen($data)) {
+            fclose($conn);
+            $loop->removeStream($conn);
+        } else {
+            $data = substr($data, $written);
+        }
+    });
+});
+
+$loop->addPeriodicTimer(5, function () {
+    $memory = memory_get_usage() / 1024;
+    $formatted = number_format($memory, 3).'K';
+    echo "Current memory usage: {$formatted}\n";
+});
+
+$loop->run();

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