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ZeroMQ
Plans and prices
ZeroMQ
Free
Open-source messaging library · no dedicated broker required
Read 4 Oct 2026 · zeromq.org
On the record
- Brokerless
- A ZeroMQ system can run without a dedicated message broker.zeromq.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Commercial use
- The site says ZeroMQ is safe to use in closed-source applications and that its share-alike terms do not apply to applications built on top of it.zeromq.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Community
- The project describes itself as developed by a large community of contributors and provides a contribution process for core projects.zeromq.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The ZeroMQ Guide covers use of ØMQ with more than 60 diagrams and 750 examples in 28 languages.zeromq.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Downloads
- The download page provides installation guidance for macOS, Linux distributions, and Windows.zeromq.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The site describes ZeroMQ as aimed at developers building distributed or concurrent applications.zeromq.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Language bindings
- The project lists bindings and libraries for C, C++, C#, Dart, Erlang, F#, Go, Haskell, Java, Node.js, Perl, Python, Ruby, Rust, and Zig.zeromq.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- License
- The libzmq library is licensed under MPL-2.0, and the site says commercial applications do not need a separate commercial license.zeromq.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Messaging patterns
- It supports patterns including publish-subscribe, request-reply, and client-server.zeromq.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Notable limitation
- The site says Go's zmq4 wrapper requires ZeroMQ and development files to be installed and cannot be cross-compiled.zeromq.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Product
- ZeroMQ is a high-performance asynchronous messaging library for distributed or concurrent applications.zeromq.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Security
- The listed libzmq and many language bindings support PLAIN and CURVE mechanisms.zeromq.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Transports
- It carries messages over transports including TCP, in-process, inter-process, multicast, and WebSocket.zeromq.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Windows install
- The site documents installing CZMQ on Windows with vcpkg, including shared and static library options.zeromq.org · read 4 Oct 2026
