# apache/rocketmq-client-go

Apache RocketMQ go client

Repository: https://github.com/apache/rocketmq-client-go
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/rocketmq-client-go
Homepage: https://rocketmq.apache.org/
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: rocketmq
Last push: 2026-05-15T22:47:45+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 60/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 82, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2884, "days_push": 110, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1412, forks 446 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:39.108004+00:00)

## What it is
The official Apache RocketMQ client SDK written in pure Go, supporting publishing and consuming messages against RocketMQ brokers. It covers sync/async/oneway/batch/orderly/delay/transactional message sending, push/pull/broadcast consumption, ACL, and message tracing.

## Use cases
- send and consume RocketMQ messages from a Go service
- publish transactional messages in Go
- consume RocketMQ topics with push or pull consumers
- add ACL-authenticated messaging to a Go application
- send delayed or orderly messages from Go
- trace message publishing and subscription in Go

## When to choose
- your Go application needs to integrate with an Apache RocketMQ cluster
- you need RocketMQ features like transactions, ordering, delay, or broadcast consumption in Go
- you want a pure-Go client without cgo dependencies

## When to avoid
- you use Kafka, RabbitMQ, or another broker instead of RocketMQ
- you need the RocketMQ 5.x gRPC proxy features, which are served by the newer gRPC-based Go SDK (rocketmq-clients)
- your stack is Java, Python, or another language with a first-party SDK

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: message-queue, http-client, sdk
- domain: microservices, backend, developer-tools
- platform: go, windows, cross-platform
- tags: rocketmq, pub-sub, apache, messaging-client, transactional-messaging, messaging, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- apache/rocketmq-client-go (main) score 60

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:39.108004+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 2026-08-30T04:38:19.604995+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/apache/rocketmq-client-go (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:39.108004+00:00, sha 8f5256cce7b2)
  - homepage: https://rocketmq.apache.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T11:51:26.974957+00:00, sha 7862d46a5003)
  - site_page: https://rocketmq.apache.org/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T11:51:26.984849+00:00, sha 27d6b73aaabb)
  - site_page: https://rocketmq.apache.org/docs/4.x (fetched 2026-08-29T11:51:26.987313+00:00, sha 2a1e93a88c01)
  - site_page: https://rocketmq.apache.org/docs/contributionGuide/01how-to-contribute (fetched 2026-08-29T11:51:26.989114+00:00, sha 5a3ed2959dfd)
  - site_page: https://rocketmq.apache.org/docs/quickStart/01quickstart (fetched 2026-08-29T11:51:26.991479+00:00, sha 04da2e35b443)
  - site_page: https://rocketmq.apache.org/docs/domainModel/01main (fetched 2026-08-29T11:51:26.993301+00:00, sha 7c30e7e163e1)
  - site_page: https://rocketmq.apache.org/docs/security/01security (fetched 2026-08-29T11:51:26.996469+00:00, sha c1d8fec9952f)
  - site_page: https://rocketmq.apache.org/release-notes (fetched 2026-08-29T11:51:26.994973+00:00, sha 59b397768973)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.