amqp vs amqplib - which Node.js amqp client library is better?

Question

What are the differences between those amqp client libraries? Which one is the most recommended? What are the major differences?

Answer 1

I would recommend amqp.node and bramqp over node-amqp. node-amqp has a lot of bugs and is poorly maintained, and it hides the "channel" concept which introduces a lot of problems for rabbitmq servers (because they are never closed).

Answer 2

I'm the guy that wrote the bramqp library. So I'm going to admit from the start I may be a bit biased. :P

In my opinion, as long as you know the spec, bramqp should work fine. Otherwise, use amqp.node

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The following are the amqp libraries available for node.js.

amqplib / amqp.node - promise style, still updated, looks pretty stable and easy

bramqp - provides a full low level access to AMQP functions, not recommended for starting out

amqp-coffee - coffeescript implementation similar to amqp/node-amqp

amqp / node-amqp - popular, fixed API, not updated as often, a few odd bugs, stable but limited

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The following libraries use one of the previous libraries, while providing an easier to use interface or adding features

rabbit.js uses amqplib/amqp.node

wascally uses amqplib/amqp.node

amq uses amqplib/amqp.node

amqpea uses bramqp

easy-amqp uses amqp/node-amqp

rabbus uses wascally

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I am also going to add node-amqp10 separately, as it can connect to amqp 1.0 servers.

If there are any more that I should add, just let me know.