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RabbitMQ
A message broker (receiving, saving and delivering all messages) that offers a reliable, highly available, scalable and portable messaging system. It is written in the Erlang and available for all major programming languages.
| First released | 2007 |
| Developed by | SpringSource |
| Latest stable version | RabbitMQ 3 |
| Open-source | Yes |
| Used by | VMware, Google, Amazon |
Interesting facts
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In the same way that you might create different databases within a single MySQL host for different purposes, RabbitMQ has a construct called ‘virtual hosts’ or ‘vhosts’ that allow you to bundle your channels, exchanges, and queues based on their purpose (or by project) without setting up multiple hosts.