Implementing Apache ActiveMQ-style broker meshes with Apache Artemis

3 · Red Hat · June 30, 2021, 9:45 a.m.
Apache ActiveMQ and Apache Artemis (or ActiveMQ Artemis) are open source message brokers with similar functionality. Both implementations are venerable, with histories that go back to the early 2000s. However, Artemis is in some senses a more modern implementation because, ironically, it has a smaller feature set. This makes Artemis easier to maintain, which is important if you're basing a commercial product on it. The smaller feature set means a smaller overall implementation, which fits well w...