nats-io/nats.go
Golang client for NATS, the cloud native messaging system.
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Where it stands
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Ranks #406 of 2,845 repositories GStars tracks this week (top 14%).
3 releases in the last 90 days, the latest 24 days ago, with 158 contributors on GitHub.
Use Cases & Benefits
- Provides a Go client for connecting to the NATS cloud-native messaging system with support for pub-sub, request-reply, and JetStream persistence.
- Offers a lightweight, performant, and idiomatic Go API with advanced features like JetStream, secure authentication, and clustered server support.
- Use for building scalable microservices architectures requiring fast, reliable messaging in Go applications.
- Use for implementing event-driven systems with durable message storage and replay using JetStream persistence.
- Use for developing secure, cloud-native distributed systems with support for TLS, Nkeys, and user credential authentication.
Should you depend on it?
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License
Apache 2.0
Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution; includes an explicit patent grant from contributors.
Community files
- README: present
- Contributing guide: present
- Code of conduct: present
Watch-outs
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From the README
A Go client for the NATS messaging system.
Check out NATS by example - An evolving collection of runnable, cross-client reference examples for NATS.
Daily snapshots
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Forks
844+34
Open issues
173+14
Compared with peers in Cloud
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| aws/aws-cdk | 12.9K | +0 | 65 | 4 days ago |
| infracost/infracost | 12.6K | +0 | 59 | 16 days ago |
| Netflix/metaflow | 10.3K | +0 | 75 | 40 days ago |
| awslabs/mcp | 9.8K | +0 | 75 | today |
| 2FastLabs/agent-squad | 7.8K | +0 | 75 | 18 days ago |
| nats-io/nats.go | 6.8K | +0 | 75 | 24 days ago |
| Category median | 10.3K | +0 | 75 | — |
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