ActiveMQ is a Message Broker and JMS 1.1 provider.
It supports:
- clustering
- peer networks
- discovery
- TCP
- SSL
- multicast
- persistence
- XA
In addition, it integrates seamlessly into J2EE 1.4 containers, light weight containers and any Java application.
ActiveMQ is included in SourceLabs Self-Support for Open Source Java offering.
Other message brokers
ActiveMQ competes with Microsoft Biztalk, Oracle Message Broker, Websphere Message Broker, and other proprietary message brokers.
ActiveMQ is the highest profile of the open source message brokers, and the most liberally licensed.
- Proteus – proteus is an alternative message broker and framework that is licensed under the gpl.
Information on the latest (5.0) release