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Message Queue Systems - TSV
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
code slug name description cloudNative deployment latency messageReplay persistence protocols throughput type
01 rabbitmq RabbitMQ An open-source message broker with flexible routing capabilities. false ["self-hosted","cloud-managed"] 1-20ms false true ["AMQP","MQTT","STOMP"] ~1M messages/sec message-broker
02 apache-kafka Apache Kafka A high-throughput distributed event streaming platform. false ["self-hosted","managed"] 2-10ms true true ["Kafka Protocol"] 10M+ messages/sec event-streaming
03 amazon-sqs Amazon SQS A fully managed serverless message queue service provided by AWS. true ["managed"] 10-100ms false true ["AWS API"] ~300K messages/sec managed-queue
04 redis-streams Redis Streams Streaming capabilities provided by Redis, an in-memory data store. false ["self-hosted","managed"] Ultra Low true optional ["Redis Protocol"] Very High in-memory-stream
05 apache-activemq Apache ActiveMQ A traditional JMS-based enterprise message broker. false ["self-hosted"] Medium false true ["JMS","AMQP","MQTT","STOMP","OpenWire"] Medium message-broker
06 nats NATS A cloud-native lightweight messaging system. true ["self-hosted","managed"] Ultra Low true optional ["NATS Protocol"] Very High cloud-native-messaging
07 apache-pulsar Apache Pulsar A distributed messaging system with multi-tenancy and tiered storage. true ["self-hosted","managed"] Low true true ["Pulsar Protocol"] Very High event-streaming
08 google-pubsub Google Cloud Pub/Sub A fully managed messaging service provided by Google Cloud. true ["managed"] Low true true ["Google Cloud API"] Very High managed-queue
09 azure-service-bus Azure Service Bus An enterprise integration messaging service provided by Microsoft Azure. true ["managed"] Low-Medium false true ["AMQP","HTTP/REST","SBMP"] High managed-queue
10 rocketmq Apache RocketMQ A highly available distributed messaging platform developed by Alibaba. true ["self-hosted","managed"] Low true true ["RocketMQ Protocol"] Very High message-broker