What is rocketmq built with?

Q: Which repos have a stack like rocketmq's?

The ones that share most of its stack: thingsboard/thingsboard, Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF, and spring-projects/spring-boot.

rocketmq is a Java repo built with grpc-services and Spring. It stores its data in com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine, is tested with junit:junit, org.mockito:mockito-core, org.assertj:assertj-core, org.awaitility:awaitility, Google, and 1 more, deploys with jul-to-slf4j, org.slf4j:slf4j-api, OpenTelemetry, and io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-exporter-otlp, and uses Apache and s3. It has 396,154 written lines, with 739 test files.

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Backend

Data 3

Apache
com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine8 files
s3

Support

The base 2

Spring1 file
grpc-services

Testing 6

Google47 files
junit:junit670 files
org.mockito:mockito-core264 files
org.assertj:assertj-core238 files
org.awaitility:awaitility82 files
org.mockito:mockito-junit-jupiter1 file

Deploy 4

OpenTelemetry14 files
io.opentelemetry:opentelemetry-exporter-otlp3 files
org.slf4j:slf4j-api29 files
jul-to-slf4j

Tools 2

OpenJDK3 files
org.openjdk.jmh:jmh-generator-annprocess

Other 17

com.google.protobuf:protobuf-java-util
org.apache.commons:commons-lang3199 files
io.grpc:grpc-stub10 files
javax.annotation:javax.annotation-api5 files
com.github.luben:zstd-jni1 file
com.googlecode.concurrentlinkedhashmap:concurrentlinkedhashmap-lru1 file
io.grpc:grpc-protobuf1 file
org.apache.commons:commons-collections41 file
org.yaml:snakeyaml1 file
bcpkix-jdk18on
commons-codec
commons-io

5 more

jackson-databind
jakarta.annotation-api
javassist
lz4-java
netty-all

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Frequently asked questions

What language is rocketmq written in?

rocketmq is written in Java, with 396,154 written lines.

What framework does rocketmq use?

rocketmq is built with grpc-services and Spring.

What database does rocketmq use?

rocketmq stores its data in com.github.ben-manes.caffeine:caffeine.

What services does rocketmq use?

rocketmq uses Apache and s3.

Does rocketmq have tests?

Yes. rocketmq has 739 test files and is tested with junit:junit, org.mockito:mockito-core, org.assertj:assertj-core, org.awaitility:awaitility, Google, and org.mockito:mockito-junit-jupiter.

Which repos have a stack like rocketmq's?

The ones that share most of its stack:thingsboard/thingsboard Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF spring-projects/spring-boot