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brew install rabbitmq v4.3.2 MPL-2.0

Erlang-based message broker and streaming platform for distributed systems.

Why you might care

RabbitMQ is a mature, widely-adopted message queue used to decouple services, handle async task processing, and implement pub/sub patterns in microservices architectures. It supports multiple protocols (AMQP, MQTT, STOMP) and offers persistence, clustering, and high-availability features out-of-the-box—making it a common choice for production deployments when you need reliable message delivery.

Categories

message-queue database

Alternatives

Apache Kafka Apache ActiveMQ Redis NATS
2.5k
30-day installs · #869
6.5k
90-day · #975
29.4k
365-day · #893

Runtime dependencies

erlang@28

Links

Caveats

Management UI: http://localhost:15672
Homebrew-specific docs: https://rabbitmq.com/install-homebrew.html

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