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belaban/JGroups

The JGroups project observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/belaban/JGroups · homepage · Java · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

77/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases no_readme

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 5778
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 7
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1074 stars · 482 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

JGroups is a Java toolkit for reliable group communication and messaging between cluster nodes. It provides configurable protocol stacks covering transport, reliability, ordering, failure detection, encryption, and membership management.

Use cases

  • build a clustered Java application with reliable messaging
  • send messages between nodes in a LAN or WAN cluster
  • detect crashed nodes and get notified of membership changes
  • implement reliable multicast without writing protocol code
  • create a distributed cache or replicated state across nodes
  • cluster task distribution across JVMs

When to choose

  • you need reliable point-to-point or point-to-multipoint messaging in Java
  • you want a pluggable protocol stack you can tune per deployment
  • you need group membership and failure detection out of the box

When to avoid

  • you need messaging across non-JVM languages or brokers
  • you want a standalone message broker rather than an embedded library
  • your app is single-node and doesn't need clustering

Facets

library · maturity stable

message-queue networking caching security compression microservices networking developer-tools jvm cross-platform cluster-communication reliable-multicast group-membership failure-detection protocol-stack messaging docker

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