Kestrel

Kestrel is a simple, distributed message queue written on the JVM, based on Blaine Cook's "starling".

Each server handles a set of reliable, ordered message queues, with no cross communication, resulting in a cluster of k-ordered ("loosely ordered") queues. Kestrel is fast, small, and reliable.

Features

• memcache protocol
• thrift protocol
• journaled (durable) queues
• fanout queues (one writer, many readers)
• item expiration
• transactional reads

For more information, check out the readme.

News

• 5 Nov 2012 - kestrel 2.4.1 released

• 21 Sep 2012 - kestrel 2.3.4 released

• 23 Aug 2012 - kestrel 2.3.2 released

• 16 Jul 2012 - kestrel 2.3.1 released

• 11 May 2012 - kestrel 2.2.0 released

• 12 Jan 2012 - kestrel 2.1.5 released

• 21 Nov 2011 - kestrel 2.1.4 released

• 13 Oct 2011 - kestrel 2.1.3 released

• 29 Sep 2011 - kestrel 2.1.2 released

• 23 Sep 2011 - kestrel 2.1.1 released

• 27 Aug 2011 - kestrel 2.1 released

Further Reading

• A working guide to kestrel

• Wiki pages on github

• Slides from a tech talk on the state of kestrel 2.0, in June 2011

• Scaladocs

Downloads

• kestrel 2.4.1

• kestrel 2.3.4

• kestrel 2.3.2

• kestrel 2.3.1

• kestrel 2.2.0

• kestrel 2.1.5

• kestrel 2.1.4

• kestrel 1.2.2.1

• older releases

Development

Development of kestrel occurs on github:

• http://github.com/robey/kestrel

Join our mailing list:

• kestrel-talk@googlegroups.com