# postwait/node-amqp

[UNMAINTAINED] node-amqp is an AMQP client for nodejs

Repository: https://github.com/postwait/node-amqp
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/node-amqp
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2018-09-10T13:41:39+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": 5618, "days_push": 2914, "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 1678, forks 348 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:21.020044+00:00)

## What it is
node-amqp is an AMQP 0.9.1 protocol client library for Node.js, primarily targeting RabbitMQ. It provides connection, queue, and exchange APIs for publishing and subscribing to messages.

## Use cases
- connect to RabbitMQ from Node.js
- publish messages to an AMQP exchange
- subscribe to a queue and consume messages
- bind queues to exchanges with routing keys
- build a producer/consumer messaging pipeline in Node

## When to choose
- you must maintain a legacy Node.js codebase already using the 'amqp' npm package
- you need a simple callback-style AMQP 0.9.1 client for an old Node version

## When to avoid
- starting a new project - the library is explicitly unmaintained
- you need full AMQP 0.9.1 support or modern Node.js compatibility
- you want actively patched security and bug fixes

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: message-queue, http-client
- domain: backend, developer-tools
- platform: -
- tags: amqp, rabbitmq, unmaintained, message-broker-client, messaging, nodejs

## Member repositories
- postwait/node-amqp (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:21.020044+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 2026-08-30T03:41:34.233531+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/postwait/node-amqp (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:21.020044+00:00, sha 3255e5885049)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.