KestrelWhat 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 Background Jobs category of a tech stack.
Key Features
Written by Robey PointerStarling clone written in Scala (a port of Starling from Ruby to Scala)Queues are stored in memory, but logged on disk
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Kestrel Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Kestrel?
Kafka
Kafka is a distributed, partitioned, replicated commit log service. It provides the functionality of a messaging system, but with a unique design.
RabbitMQ
RabbitMQ gives your applications a common platform to send and receive messages, and your messages a safe place to live until received.
Amazon SQS
Transmit any volume of data, at any level of throughput, without losing messages or requiring other services to be always available. With SQS, you can offload the administrative burden of operating and scaling a highly available messaging cluster, while paying a low price for only what you use.
Celery
Celery is an asynchronous task queue/job queue based on distributed message passing. It is focused on real-time operation, but supports scheduling as well.
