Open source RabbitMQ: core server and tier 1 (built-in) plugins
npm install rabbitmq-serverRabbitMQ Server
RabbitMQ is a feature rich, multi-protocol messaging and streaming broker. It supports:
- AMQP 1.0
- AMQP 0-9-1
- RabbitMQ Stream Protocol
- MQTT 3.1, 3.1.1, and 5.0
- STOMP 1.0 through 1.2
- MQTT over WebSocket
- STOMP over WebSocket
- AMQP 1.0 over WebSocket (supported in VMware Tanzu RabbitMQ)
Installation
- Currently supported released series
- Installation guides for various platforms
- Kubernetes Cluster Operator
- Changelog
- Releases on GitHub
- Community Support Eligibility Policy
- Supported Erlang versions
Tutorials and Documentation
Some key doc guides include
- CLI tools guide
- Clustering and Cluster Formation
- Configuration guide
- Client libraries and tools
- Upgrading
- Kubernetes Cluster Operator
- Quorum queues: a replicated, data safety- and consistency-oriented queue type
- Streams: a persistent and replicated append-only log with non-destructive consumer semantics
- Runtime Parameters
- Policies
- Monitoring and Prometheus/Grafana
- Production checklist
RabbitMQ documentation is also developed on GitHub.
Commercial Features and Support
- Commercial editions of RabbitMQ
- Commercial edition for Kubernetes
- Commercial support from Broadcom for open source RabbitMQ
Getting Help from the Community
Please read the Community Support Eligibility Policy document first.
The recommended community forums are
- GitHub Discussions
- Community Discord server
#rabbitmqon Libera Chat
Contributing
See CONTRIBUTING.md and our development process overview.
Questions about contributing, internals and so on are very welcome in GitHub Discussions
or community Discord server in the contributors channel.
Licensing
RabbitMQ server is licensed under the MPL 2.0.
Community Support Eligibility Policy document explains the open source RabbitMQ support policy adopted by the RabbitMQ Core Team.
AI Agent Instructions
See AGENTS.md.
Building From Source and Packaging
Copyright
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