# paolosalvatori/ServiceBusExplorer

The Service Bus Explorer allows users to connect to a Service Bus namespace and administer messaging entities in an easy manner. The tool provides advanced features like import/export functionality or the ability to test topic, queues, subscriptions, relay services, notification hubs and events hubs.

Repository: https://github.com/paolosalvatori/ServiceBusExplorer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/servicebusexplorer
Language: C#
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: service-bus, notification-hubs, messaging-entities, azure-service-bus, azure-eventhub, azure-event-hubs, azure-event-hub, azure-servicebus, azure-relay, azure-notificationhub, azure-notification-hubs, azure, dotnet, windows-forms
Last push: 2026-07-19T16:47:28+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 85/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 93, release rhythm 67, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4374, "days_push": 45, "days_rel": 140, "gap_med": 53.5, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2213, forks 621 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:26.950186+00:00)

## What it is
Service Bus Explorer is a Windows desktop application for administering Azure Service Bus messaging entities such as queues, topics, subscriptions, relays, Notification Hubs, and Event Hubs. It offers features like sending/receiving/peeking messages, dead-letter management, import/export of namespace configuration, and a live dashboard of message counts.

## Use cases
- manage azure service bus queues and topics from a gui
- peek and purge dead-letter messages in service bus
- test sending and receiving messages on a service bus queue
- export and import service bus namespace configuration
- monitor message counts across queues and subscriptions
- inspect event hub and notification hub entities
- connect to service bus with entra id instead of sas keys

## When to choose
- you administer Azure Service Bus namespaces and want a GUI instead of portal or CLI
- you need to debug, peek, or repair dead-lettered messages
- you want to back up or clone messaging entity configuration between namespaces
- you are on Windows and work with Event Hubs, Notification Hubs, or Azure Relay

## When to avoid
- you need a cross-platform tool since it requires Windows and .NET Framework 4.6.2
- you want automation or CI/CD management of messaging entities rather than interactive use
- you use non-Azure message brokers like RabbitMQ, Kafka, or AWS SQS

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, developer-tools, message-queue, monitoring, testing
- domain: cloud-computing, developer-tools, windows
- platform: windows, dotnet
- tags: azure-service-bus, event-hubs, notification-hubs, azure-relay, windows-forms, dead-letter-management, import-export, messaging, desktop

## Member repositories
- paolosalvatori/ServiceBusExplorer (main) score 85

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:26.950186+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 2026-08-30T02:46:01.175450+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/paolosalvatori/ServiceBusExplorer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:26.950186+00:00, sha cd7f921d12fb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.