🦦 OtterMQ

OtterMQ is a high-performance message broker written in Go, aiming for compatibility with the AMQP 0.9.1 protocol and interoperability with RabbitMQ clients. It includes a broker backend and a modern management UI built with Vue 3 + Quasar.

This site tracks project status and documentation for users and contributors. For full source code and issue tracking, visit the GitHub repository:

• Repository: https://github.com/ottermq/ottermq
• Docker images and compose files are available in the repo

Quick links

• AMQP 0.9.1 Support Status: Status Matrix
• REST API Swagger: served by the broker at /docs when running
• Project README: https://github.com/ottermq/ottermq#readme
• Roadmap: https://github.com/ottermq/ottermq/blob/main/ROADMAP.md

Highlights

• Complete AMQP 0.9.1 Basic Class - All message operations implemented
• AMQP-style exchanges and queues (direct, fanout, topic)
• RabbitMQ client compatibility tested with multiple clients
• Quality of Service (QoS) with prefetch limits
• Message acknowledgments, rejections, and recovery
• Pluggable persistence layer (JSON today; Memento WAL planned)
• Built-in management UI (Vue + Quasar)

Getting started

• Build and run using make build-all then make run
• Development: make run-dev for the broker and quasar dev for the UI in ottermq_ui/

See the repository README for detailed steps and configuration options.

Contributing documentation

Status pages live in this /docs folder and are deployed from the pages branch via GitHub Pages. When implementing or changing AMQP features (classes/methods), please keep the Status Matrix up to date.