# streadway/amqp

Go client for AMQP 0.9.1

Repository: https://github.com/streadway/amqp
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/amqp
Homepage: http://godoc.org/github.com/streadway/amqp
Language: Go
License: BSD-2-Clause
License Family: permissive
Topics: rabbitmq, amqp, go, protocol
Last push: 2023-09-07T02:58:29+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5243, "days_push": 1091, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4926, forks 609 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:02.556110+00:00)

## What it is
A Go client library implementing the AMQP 0.9.1 protocol, primarily targeting RabbitMQ as the message broker server. It is explicitly unmaintained since 2022, with rabbitmq/amqp091-go recommended as its successor.

## Use cases
- connect to RabbitMQ from a Go application
- publish and consume AMQP 0.9.1 messages in Go
- declare queues and exchanges over AMQP
- build a producer/consumer pipeline with RabbitMQ
- integrate message queuing into a Go microservice

## When to choose
- maintaining legacy Go code already importing this package
- you need a frozen, API-stable AMQP 0.9.1 client with no changes
- reading or auditing existing production systems built on it

## When to avoid
- starting a new Go project - use rabbitmq/amqp091-go instead
- you need auto-reconnect or topology re-synchronization
- you need AMQP 1.0 or protocol negotiation
- you need authentication mechanisms beyond PLAIN and EXTERNAL
- you expect active maintenance, bug fixes, or security updates

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: message-queue, database-driver
- domain: backend, developer-tools
- platform: go, cross-platform
- tags: amqp, rabbitmq, abandonware, deprecated, protocol-client, messaging

## Member repositories
- streadway/amqp (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:02.556110+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:18:00.090811+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/streadway/amqp (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:02.556110+00:00, sha 4cbaa026a670)
  - homepage: http://godoc.org/github.com/streadway/amqp (fetched 2026-08-29T08:59:48.416099+00:00, sha b6d2655b80c3)
  - site_page: https://pkg.go.dev/about (fetched 2026-08-29T08:59:48.432654+00:00, sha 757852027879)
  - site_page: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/streadway/amqp (fetched 2026-08-29T08:59:48.427403+00:00, sha e7d736032a56)
  - site_page: https://go.dev/project (fetched 2026-08-29T08:59:48.435734+00:00, sha d5ca00bb378b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.