AMQ Clients overview

Red Hat AMQ Clients 2026.Q1

Overview of AMQ Clients suite 2026.Q1

Abstract

This document provides an overview of the AMQ clients suite.

Chapter 1. 2026.Q1 release notes

Release scope

View all the components for the 2026.Q1 release from the Product Documentation for Red Hat AMQ Clients page.

Documentation structure

Starting in 2023.Q4, documentation for each Red Hat AMQ client is versioned and published independently. For example, if you navigate to Red Hat build of Rhea page, all versions of that client are available to browse.

Chapter 2. Key features

  • An open standard protocol - AMQP 1.0
  • Industry-standard APIs - JMS 1.1 and 2.0
  • New event-driven APIs for fast, efficient messaging
  • Adaptors for integrating with other platforms and components
  • Broad language support - C++, Java, JavaScript, Python, Ruby, and .NET
  • Wide availability - Linux, Windows, and JVM-based environments

Chapter 3. Components

View all the components for the 2026.Q1 release from the Product Documentation for Red Hat AMQ Clients page.

Additional information

3.1. Component compatibility

The following table lists the supported languages, platforms, and protocols for the AMQ Clients components.

ComponentLanguagesPlatformsProtocols

Red Hat build of Rhea

JavaScript

Linux, Windows, browsers

AMQP 1.0

Red Hat build of Apache Qpid JMS

Java

JVM

AMQP 1.0

AMQ Core Protocol JMS

Java

JVM

Core Protocol

Red Hat build of Apache Qpid Proton DotNet

C#

Linux, Windows

AMQP 1.0

Red Hat build of Apache Qpid Proton Python

Python

Linux, Windows

AMQP 1.0

Red Hat Build of Apache Qpid Proton C++

C++

Linux, Windows

AMQP 1.0

AMQ Spring Boot Starter

Java

JVM

AMQP 1.0

Quarkus extension for Qpid JMS (Red Hat build of Apache Qpid JMS)

Java

JVM/Native

AMQP 1.0

For more information, see Red Hat AMQ Supported Configurations.

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