Apache Qpid

Apache Qpid is an open-source messaging system which implements the Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP). It provides transaction management, queuing, distribution, security, management, clustering, federation and heterogeneous multi-platform support. The Apache Qpid API supports multiple programming languages and comes with both C++ (for Perl, Python, Ruby, .NET etc.) and Java (JMS API) brokers.^[1]

Apache Qpid

Developer(s)	Apache Software Foundation
Repository	git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/qpid-cpp.git
Written in	C++, Java, Ruby, Perl, Python, C#
Operating system	Cross-platform
Type	AMQP, Java Message Service, Message-oriented middleware, Enterprise Messaging System
License	Apache License 2.0
Website	qpid.apache.org

History

In 2005 JPMorgan Chase approached other firms to form a working group that included Cisco Systems, IONA Technologies, iMatix, Red Hat, and Transaction Workflow Innovation Standards Team (TWIST). In the same year JPMorgan Chase partnered with Red Hat to create Apache Qpid, initially in Java and soon after C++.

List of components

Apache Qpid consists of a set of messaging APIs, servers and tools.

Qpid components

Component	Type	Version	Released
Qpid Proton	Messaging API	0.33.0	November 17, 2020
Qpid Proton-J		0.33.8	November 13, 2020
Qpid JMS (AMQP 1.0)		0.57.0	March 15, 2021
Qpid JMS AMQP 0-x		6.4.0	May 28, 2020
Qpid Messaging API C++		1.39.0	October 21, 2018
Qpid Messaging API Python		1.37.0	November 22, 2017
Broker-J	Messaging server	8.0.4 7.1.12	February 15, 2021
C++ Broker		1.39.0	October 21, 2018
Dispatch router		1.15.0	February 8, 2021
Qpid Interop Test	Messaging tools	0.2.0	September 7, 2018

See also

• Computer programming portal

• Message-oriented middleware
• Enterprise Messaging System
• Enterprise Integration Patterns
• Service-oriented architecture
• Event-driven SOA