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nsqio/nsq

A realtime distributed messaging platform

Stack

Go Tornado Go modules npm pip

GitHub topics

#distributed-systems #go #message-queue #messaging #nsq #queue

Updated: 2026-08-11
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2012-05-12
History: 17 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 80 open

25,771

stars

Forks: 2,884
Commits: 2,314 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: -1 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

apache/rocketmq

Apache RocketMQ is a cloud native messaging and streaming platform, making it simple to build event-driven applications.

Stack

Java Maven

GitHub topics

#cloud-native #eventing #hacktoberfest #java #messaging #rocketmq

Updated: 2026-10-16
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2013-05-15
History: 13 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 895 open

22,641

stars

Forks: 12,036
Commits: 9,240 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +9 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: +9 +0.1%

Website GitHub

simplex-chat/simplex-chat

SimpleX - the first messaging network operating without user identifiers of any kind - 100% private by design! iOS, Android and desktop apps 📱!

Stack

Haskell Android pytest Tailwind CSS Vite CMake Gradle npm

GitHub topics

#chat #double-ratchet #e2ee #encryption #haskell #messaging

Updated: 2026-10-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-12-21
History: 8 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 1,288 open

19,574

stars

Forks: 1,366
Commits: 6,431 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

emqx/emqx

The most scalable and reliable MQTT broker for AI, IoT, IIoT and connected vehicles

Stack

Erlang Mix

GitHub topics

#aiot #broker #coap #emqx #erlang #iiot

Updated: 2026-10-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2012-12-17
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 245 open

16,773

stars

Forks: 2,555
Commits: 36,627 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

apache/pulsar

Apache Pulsar - distributed pub-sub messaging system

AI dev

Stack

Java gRPC Go Go modules Gradle

GitHub topics

#event-streaming #messaging #pubsub #pulsar #queuing #streaming

Updated: 2026-09-12
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2016-09-07
History: 8 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 1,737 open

15,329

stars

Forks: 3,756
Commits: 14,777 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

tinode/chat

Instant messaging platform. Backend in Go. Clients: Swift iOS, Java Android, JS webapp, scriptable command line; chatbots

Stack

Go Flask gRPC Go Go modules PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#chat #chat-application #chatapp #chatbots #chatserver #collaboration

Updated: 2026-09-27
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2015-10-22
History: 9 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 41 open

13,529

stars

Forks: 2,083
Commits: 4,253 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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centrifugal/centrifugo

Scalable real-time messaging server in a language-agnostic way. Self-hosted alternative to Pubnub, Pusher, Ably, socket.io, Phoenix.PubSub, SignalR. Set up once and forever.

Stack

Go Cobra gRPC Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#ably #alternative #eventsource #grpc #http-streaming #http3

Updated: 2026-09-14
Lists: 3 list mentions
First commit: 2015-03-05
History: 8 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 23 open

10,749

stars

Forks: 733
Commits: 1,937 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

berty/berty

Berty is a secure peer-to-peer messaging app that works with or without internet access, cellular data or trust in the network

Stack

TypeScript Android Cobra Electron Expo Bundler CocoaPods Go modules

GitHub topics

#android #berty #censorship #crdt #cybersecurity #encryption

Updated: 2026-09-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-07-14
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 91 open

9,298

stars

Forks: 504
Commits: 8,439 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

aeron-io/aeron

Efficient reliable UDP unicast, UDP multicast, and IPC message transport

Stack

Java CMake Gradle

GitHub topics

#c #c-plus-plus #ipc #java #messaging #multicast-streams

Updated: 2026-10-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-02-07
History: 1 history point
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 22 open

8,924

stars

Forks: 1,113
Commits: 19,510 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

processone/ejabberd

Robust, Ubiquitous and Massively Scalable Messaging Platform (XMPP, MQTT, SIP Server)

Stack

Erlang Mix npm

GitHub topics

#chat #ejabberd #erlang #groupchat #iot #jabber

Updated: 2026-08-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2002-11-18
History: 7 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 223 open

6,722

stars

Forks: 1,549
Commits: 10,749 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

meetfranz/franz

Franz is a free messaging app for services like WhatsApp, Slack, Messenger and many more.

Stack

JavaScript Electron React npm

GitHub topics

#electron #franz #messaging #messenger #office #productivity

Updated: 2026-06-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-10-13
History: 11 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: Disabled

4,726

stars

Forks: 579
Commits: 2,417 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

php-amqplib/php-amqplib

The most widely used PHP client for RabbitMQ

Stack

PHP Composer

GitHub topics

#amqp #hacktoberfest #messaging #php #php-amqplib #rabbitmq

Updated: 2026-09-28
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2010-09-15
History: 1 history point
License: LGPL-2.1
Issues: 23 open

4,600

stars

Forks: 1,024
Commits: 1,330 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

vernemq/vernemq

A distributed MQTT message broker based on Erlang/OTP. Built for high quality & Industrial use cases. The VerneMQ mission is active & the project maintained. Thank you for your support!

Stack

Erlang

GitHub topics

#broker #distributed #erlang #industrial-automation #industrial-communication #industrial-iot

Updated: 2026-10-14
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-04-09
History: 1 history point
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 168 open

3,640

stars

Forks: 429
Commits: 2,644 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

apache/incubator-heron

Apache Heron (Incubating) is a realtime, distributed, fault-tolerant stream processing engine from Twitter

Archived

Stack

Java npm pip

GitHub topics

#heron #messaging #streaming

Updated: 2023-03-01
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-12-19
History: 146 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 409 open

3,625

stars

Forks: 578
Commits: 3,308 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: +1 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

nicotine-plus/nicotine-plus

Graphical client for the Soulseek peer-to-peer network

Stack

Python PEP 517 pip

GitHub topics

#chat #files #gtk #gtk3 #gtk4 #messaging

Updated: 2026-10-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2006-07-06
History: 5 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 87 open

3,163

stars

Forks: 200
Commits: 12,824 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

onetimesecret/onetimesecret

Keep passwords and other sensitive information out of your chat logs and inboxes.

AI dev

Stack

Ruby pytest Tailwind CSS Vite Vue Bundler npm PEP 517

GitHub topics

#chat #email #messaging #onetime #onetimesecret #privacy

Updated: 2026-10-17
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-04-03
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 253 open

2,963

stars

Forks: 454
Commits: 21,298 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

apache/activemq

Apache ActiveMQ

AI dev

Stack

Java .NET SDK Maven

GitHub topics

#activemq #amqp #amqps #apache #broker #java

Updated: 2026-10-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2005-12-12
History: 8 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 104 open

2,464

stars

Forks: 1,502
Commits: 12,598 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

sohutv/mqcloud

RocketMQ企业级一站式服务平台

Stack

Java Spring Boot Maven

GitHub topics

#cloud-native #eventing #java #messaging #mqcloud #rocketmq

Updated: 2026-08-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2018-10-25
History: 6 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 29 open

2,228

stars

Forks: 284
Commits: 375 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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esl/MongooseIM

MongooseIM is Erlang Solutions' robust, scalable and efficient XMPP server, aimed at large installations. Specifically designed for enterprise purposes, it is fault-tolerant and can utilise the resources of multiple clustered machines.

Stack

Erlang

GitHub topics

#chat #erlang #hacktoberfest #jabber #messaging #mongooseim

Updated: 2026-09-15
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2002-11-18
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 34 open

1,756

stars

Forks: 443
Commits: 20,375 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

chigwell/telegram-mcp

Telegram MCP server powered by Telethon to let MCP clients read chats, manage groups, and send/modify messages, media, contacts, and settings.

Stack

Python pytest Starlette pip Poetry uv

GitHub topics

#admin #api #chat-management #contacts #groups #mcp

Updated: 2026-09-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-03-20
History: 9 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 36 open

1,617

stars

Forks: 421
Commits: 421 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

mxsm/rocketmq-rust

🚀 Apache RocketMQ built in Rust 🦀 — faster, safer, and more memory-efficient. Powering high-performance messaging for the AI era, with AI Agent, MCP, and AI-SRE capabilities.

AI dev

Stack

Rust Axum React Tailwind CSS Tauri Cargo npm

GitHub topics

#ai-sre #cloud-native #mcp #mcp-server #mcp-tools #messaging

Updated: 2026-10-11
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2023-12-13
History: 4 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 33 open

1,524

stars

Forks: 279
Commits: 5,970 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

ruby-amqp/bunny

Bunny is a popular, easy to use, mature Ruby client for RabbitMQ

AI dev

Stack

Ruby Bundler

GitHub topics

#amqp #amqp0-9-1 #messaging #rabbitmq #ruby

Updated: 2026-09-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-04-20
History: 6 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 5 open

1,424

stars

Forks: 315
Commits: 2,624 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

GitHub

allegro/hermes

Fast and reliable message broker built on top of Kafka.

Stack

Java Express Vite Vue Gradle npm pip

GitHub topics

#hacktoberfest #hermes #kafka #messaging #pubsub

Updated: 2026-08-18
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-05-15
History: 8 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: Disabled

871

stars

Forks: 220
Commits: 2,316 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

kha7iq/pingme

PingMe - A unified CLI and web service for sending notifications across multiple messaging platforms

Stack

Go Go modules

GitHub topics

#alert #cli #discord #email #golang #gotify

Updated: 2026-07-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-04-13
History: 8 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 4 open

863

stars

Forks: 46
Commits: 257 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

linkedin/iris

Iris is a highly configurable and flexible service for paging and messaging.

Stack

Python pytest pip

GitHub topics

#automation #escalation #messaging #paging

Updated: 2025-06-12
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2017-01-23
History: 5 history points
License: BSD-2-Clause
Issues: 48 open

846

stars

Forks: 147
Commits: 880 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

nanopack/mist

A distributed, tag-based pub-sub service for modern web applications and container-driven cloud.

Stack

GitHub topics

#developer-tools #devtools #golang #messaging #nanobox #nanopack

Updated: 2023-09-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2014-11-25
History: 1 history point
License: MIT
Issues: 6 open

662

stars

Forks: 43
Commits: 243 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

elpheria/rpc-websockets

JSON-RPC 2.0 implementation over WebSockets for Node.js and JavaScript/TypeScript

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#aws #chat #distributed-systems #events #gcp #iot

Updated: 2026-05-15
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2016-10-11
History: 1 history point
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 16 open

626

stars

Forks: 130
Commits: 535 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

dappros/ethora

SDK monorepo for Ethora chat / messaging platform. (1) Pick an SDK for your frontend stack. (2) Integrate manually or using ethora-setup. (3) Optionally configure app settings, deploy AI agents etc. Server: ethora.com cloud [free]. Dedicated server + SLA option for enterprise customers.

Stack

JavaScript npm

GitHub topics

#ai-chat #chat #chat-engine #chat-sdk #chat-widget #chatbot

Updated: 2026-09-23
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-06-21
History: 7 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 2 open

548

stars

Forks: 111
Commits: 2,496 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

tinode/webapp

Tinode web chat using React

Stack

JavaScript React npm

GitHub topics

#chat #chat-application #chatapp #instant-messaging #messaging #messenger

Updated: 2026-09-27
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2015-12-31
History: 8 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 9 open

360

stars

Forks: 238
Commits: 1,895 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

GitHub

tigase/tigase-server

Highly optimized, extremely modular and very flexible XMPP/Jabber server

Stack

Java Maven pip

GitHub topics

#chat #iot #jabber #jabber-server #java #messaging

Updated: 2026-10-04
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2005-11-21
History: 8 history points
License: AGPL-3.0
Issues: 61 open

359

stars

Forks: 110
Commits: 6,504 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

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