What is Kestrel?
Kestrel is based on Blaine Cook's "starling" simple, distributed message queue, with added features and bulletproofing, as well as the scalability offered by actors and the JVM.
Kestrel is a tool in the Message Queue category of a tech stack.
Kestrel is an open source tool with GitHub stars and GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Kestrel's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses Kestrel?
Companies
13 companies reportedly use Kestrel in their tech stacks, including XYZ Technology, VTS, and dgpays.
Developers
26 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Kestrel.
Kestrel's Features
- Written by Robey Pointer
- Starling clone written in Scala (a port of Starling from Ruby to Scala)
- Queues are stored in memory, but logged on disk
Kestrel Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Kestrel?
NGINX
nginx [engine x] is an HTTP and reverse proxy server, as well as a mail proxy server, written by Igor Sysoev. According to Netcraft nginx served or proxied 30.46% of the top million busiest sites in Jan 2018.
Falcon
Falcon is a minimalist WSGI library for building speedy web APIs and app backends. We like to think of Falcon as the Dieter Rams of web frameworks.
Mantis
It is a free web-based bug tracking system. It provides a delicate balance between simplicity and power. Users are able to get started in minutes and start managing their projects while collaborating with their teammates and clients effectively.
Owin
It is a standard for an interface between .NET Web applications and Web servers. It is a community-owned open-source project.
MySQL
The MySQL software delivers a very fast, multi-threaded, multi-user, and robust SQL (Structured Query Language) database server. MySQL Server is intended for mission-critical, heavy-load production systems as well as for embedding into mass-deployed software.
