# NSQ

> A realtime distributed messaging platform

- **Canonical URI:** https://www.vioscale.ai/software/nsq
- **Category:** Message Queues
- **Homepage:** https://nsq.io/
- **Also known as:** nsq
- **Profile claimed by vendor:** no
- **Last updated:** 2026-08-03T22:36:39.682Z

## Vioscale score

**24.5 / 100**, confidence 16% (low).

Composite of weighted, independently-sourced signals (no user reviews, no vendor payment).

| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence present |
|---|--:|--:|--:|:--:|
| capabilities | 28.9 | 12 | 346.9 | ✓ |
| github_stars | 83.2 | 5 | 416.1 | ✓ |
| integrations | 0 | 16 | 0 | - |
| github_activity | 19 | 18 | 341.2 | ✓ |
| release_cadence | 0 | 10 | 0 | ✓ |
| security_posture | 0 | 22 | 0 | - |
| package_downloads | 0 | 26 | 0 | - |
| stackoverflow_activity | 0 | 12 | 0 | - |

## About

A realtime distributed messaging platform with decentralized topology, fault tolerance, and high availability. Scales horizontally without centralized brokers and supports both pub-sub and load-balanced message delivery.

_Independently observed._

## Platform & deployment

- **Platforms:** macOS, Linux, Windows
- **Deployment:** Self-hosted

## Capabilities

_The capabilities that matter for Message Queues. "-" = undocumented, not absent._

| Capability | Supported |
|---|:--:|
| **Core** | |
| Messaging paradigm | Pub/sub |
| **Correctness** | |
| Delivery guarantee | - |
| Ordering guarantee | - |
| **Durability** | |
| Durable replayable log | - |
| Message replay / rewind | - |
| **Interop** | |
| Wire protocol | - |
| Kafka-protocol compatible | - |
| **Scale** | |
| Partitioned horizontal scaling | ✓ |
| **Consumption** | |
| Consumer groups / competing consumers | - |
| Dead-letter queue | - |
| **Scale** | |
| Geo / cross-region replication | - |
| **Deployment** | |
| Managed cloud offering exists | - |
| Hosting | Self-hosted only |
| **Processing** | |
| Built-in stream processing | - |

## Facts

Every value below carries its source and our confidence. Facts are re-crawled on a freshness schedule.

### activity

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| activity.commits_last_30d | 3 | [link](https://github.com/nsqio/nsq/pulse) | 2026-08-03 | 65% (medium) |

### adoption

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| adoption.github_stars | 25,767 | [link](https://github.com/nsqio/nsq) | 2026-08-03 | 90% (high) |

### language

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| language.primary | Go | [link](https://github.com/nsqio/nsq) | 2026-08-03 | 90% (high) |

### license

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| license.spdx | MIT | [link](https://github.com/nsqio/nsq) | 2026-08-03 | 95% (high) |

### release

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| release.cadence_days | 373 | [link](https://github.com/nsqio/nsq/releases) | 2026-08-03 | 70% (medium) |

### reliability

| Attribute | Value | Source | Retrieved | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| reliability.status_page | yes | [link](https://nsq.io/status) | 2026-08-03 | 60% (medium) |

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