Nats
nats.io ↗Open sourceSelf-hostable
Simple, secure and high performance open source messaging system.
CategoryDistributed Messaging
PricingFree, open source+ paid cloud / support
Self-hostableYes
Repositorynats-io/nats-server
LicenseApache-2.0
LanguageGo
Last activityOct 2026Active
Repository
From GitHub · updated Oct 4
Stars21k
Forks2k
Open issues471
Last pushOct 2026
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