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Message Queue Systems - INI

Message queue systems are middleware that enable asynchronous communication between distributed systems. Various systems exist with different characteristics such as high-throughput streaming processing, low-latency messaging, and cloud-native managed services. This list introduces major message queue systems including RabbitMQ, Apache Kafka, Amazon SQS, Redis, ActiveMQ, NATS, and Apache Pulsar.

message queue distributed systems asynchronous communication middleware event streaming microservices

[item.rabbitmq]
code=01
slug=rabbitmq
name=RabbitMQ
description=An open-source message broker with flexible routing capabilities.
cloudNative=false
deployment=["self-hosted","cloud-managed"]
latency=1-20ms
messageReplay=false
persistence=true
protocols=["AMQP","MQTT","STOMP"]
throughput=~1M messages/sec
type=message-broker

[item.apache-kafka]
code=02
slug=apache-kafka
name=Apache Kafka
description=A high-throughput distributed event streaming platform.
cloudNative=false
deployment=["self-hosted","managed"]
latency=2-10ms
messageReplay=true
persistence=true
protocols=["Kafka Protocol"]
throughput=10M+ messages/sec
type=event-streaming

[item.amazon-sqs]
code=03
slug=amazon-sqs
name=Amazon SQS
description=A fully managed serverless message queue service provided by AWS.
cloudNative=true
deployment=["managed"]
latency=10-100ms
messageReplay=false
persistence=true
protocols=["AWS API"]
throughput=~300K messages/sec
type=managed-queue

[item.redis-streams]
code=04
slug=redis-streams
name=Redis Streams
description=Streaming capabilities provided by Redis, an in-memory data store.
cloudNative=false
deployment=["self-hosted","managed"]
latency=Ultra Low
messageReplay=true
persistence=optional
protocols=["Redis Protocol"]
throughput=Very High
type=in-memory-stream

[item.apache-activemq]
code=05
slug=apache-activemq
name=Apache ActiveMQ
description=A traditional JMS-based enterprise message broker.
cloudNative=false
deployment=["self-hosted"]
latency=Medium
messageReplay=false
persistence=true
protocols=["JMS","AMQP","MQTT","STOMP","OpenWire"]
throughput=Medium
type=message-broker

[item.nats]
code=06
slug=nats
name=NATS
description=A cloud-native lightweight messaging system.
cloudNative=true
deployment=["self-hosted","managed"]
latency=Ultra Low
messageReplay=true
persistence=optional
protocols=["NATS Protocol"]
throughput=Very High
type=cloud-native-messaging

[item.apache-pulsar]
code=07
slug=apache-pulsar
name=Apache Pulsar
description=A distributed messaging system with multi-tenancy and tiered storage.
cloudNative=true
deployment=["self-hosted","managed"]
latency=Low
messageReplay=true
persistence=true
protocols=["Pulsar Protocol"]
throughput=Very High
type=event-streaming

[item.google-pubsub]
code=08
slug=google-pubsub
name=Google Cloud Pub/Sub
description=A fully managed messaging service provided by Google Cloud.
cloudNative=true
deployment=["managed"]
latency=Low
messageReplay=true
persistence=true
protocols=["Google Cloud API"]
throughput=Very High
type=managed-queue

[item.azure-service-bus]
code=09
slug=azure-service-bus
name=Azure Service Bus
description=An enterprise integration messaging service provided by Microsoft Azure.
cloudNative=true
deployment=["managed"]
latency=Low-Medium
messageReplay=false
persistence=true
protocols=["AMQP","HTTP/REST","SBMP"]
throughput=High
type=managed-queue

[item.rocketmq]
code=10
slug=rocketmq
name=Apache RocketMQ
description=A highly available distributed messaging platform developed by Alibaba.
cloudNative=true
deployment=["self-hosted","managed"]
latency=Low
messageReplay=true
persistence=true
protocols=["RocketMQ Protocol"]
throughput=Very High
type=message-broker