RabbitMQ statistics 2026
Last updated Oct 5, 2026
Docker pulls, GitHub stars, package downloads, releases and community numbers for RabbitMQ, and how they compare with Apache Kafka. Every number links to its source and shows how it changed over the last week, month and year.
RabbitMQ in numbers
RabbitMQ is an open-source message broker written in Erlang, started in 2007 by Rabbit Technologies and now developed by Broadcom (Wikipedia). It is distributed under the Mozilla Public License 2.0.
RabbitMQ Docker pulls
The official rabbitmq image is the most pulled way to run RabbitMQ in containers. Docker Hub only exposes all-time pull counts, so trends come from our own weekly snapshots.
| Image | Value | vs last week | vs last month | vs last year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
library/rabbitmq | 3,883,290,865 | +5.3M | — | — | Docker Hub Oct 5, 2026 |
bitnami/rabbitmq | 658,461,304 | +12,250 | — | — | Docker Hub Oct 5, 2026 |
rabbitmqoperator/cluster-operator | 166,970,074 | +60,901 | — | — | Docker Hub Oct 5, 2026 |
| Total | 4,708,722,243 | +5.4M | — | — | Docker Hub Oct 5, 2026 |
RabbitMQ GitHub stars
Stars of the RabbitMQ server repository and of the most used client libraries.
| Repository | Value | vs last week | vs last month | vs last year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server | 13,902 | 0 | +1 | +170 | GitHub Oct 5, 2026 |
rabbitmq/rabbitmq-java-client | 1,314 | 0 | 0 | +9 | GitHub Oct 5, 2026 |
rabbitmq/rabbitmq-dotnet-client | 2,284 | 0 | 0 | +16 | GitHub Oct 5, 2026 |
rabbitmq/amqp091-go | 2,039 | 0 | +1 | +42 | GitHub Oct 5, 2026 |
pika/pika | 3,887 | 0 | +1 | +18 | GitHub Oct 5, 2026 |
amqp-node/amqplib | 3,844 | 0 | 0 | +16 | GitHub Oct 5, 2026 |
php-amqplib/php-amqplib | 4,602 | 0 | 0 | +18 | GitHub Oct 5, 2026 |
amqp-rs/lapin | 1,237 | 0 | 0 | +15 | GitHub Oct 5, 2026 |
RabbitMQ client library downloads
Download counts of RabbitMQ client libraries on each package manager. npm and PyPI numbers are the downloads over the last 30 days, compared with the same 30-day window one week, one month and one year earlier.
| Package | Value | vs last week | vs last month | vs last year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
amqplib | 12,397,482 | +8.1% | +1.3% | +75% | npm Oct 4, 2026 |
amqp-connection-manager | 3,901,621 | +9.4% | -1.3% | +94% | npm Oct 4, 2026 |
@golevelup/nestjs-rabbitmq | 885,990 | +11% | +2.4% | +89% | npm Oct 4, 2026 |
| Package | Value | vs last week | vs last month | vs last year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
pika | 10,709,414 | +3.4% | -16% | +31% | PyPI (ClickPy) Oct 4, 2026 |
aio-pika | 6,284,651 | +3.1% | +1.7% | +41% | PyPI (ClickPy) Oct 4, 2026 |
aiormq | 6,310,904 | +3.2% | +2.3% | +42% | PyPI (ClickPy) Oct 4, 2026 |
| Package | Value | vs last week | vs last month | vs last year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
RabbitMQ.ClientNuGet | 527,006,718 | +751.5K | — | — | NuGet Oct 5, 2026 |
MassTransit.RabbitMQNuGet | 147,008,689 | +233.6K | — | — | NuGet Oct 5, 2026 |
EasyNetQNuGet | 47,770,942 | +41,753 | — | — | NuGet Oct 5, 2026 |
bunnyRubyGems | 78,209,514 | +202K | — | — | RubyGems Oct 5, 2026 |
sneakersRubyGems | 15,574,357 | +21,651 | — | — | RubyGems Oct 5, 2026 |
php-amqplib/php-amqplibPackagist | 140,116,692 | +708.6K | — | — | Packagist Oct 5, 2026 |
lapincrates.io | 12,898,261 | +176.4K | — | — | crates.io Oct 5, 2026 |
| Artifact | Value | vs last week | vs last month | vs last year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
com.rabbitmq:amqp-clientLatest 5.37.0 (Oct 1, 2026) | 156 | +1 | +2 | +13 | Maven Central Oct 5, 2026 |
org.springframework.amqp:spring-rabbitLatest 4.1.1 (Aug 20, 2026) | 215 | 0 | +1 | +20 | Maven Central Oct 5, 2026 |
Maven Central does not publish download counts, so only release activity is shown for Java artifacts.
RabbitMQ releases and versions
The latest RabbitMQ version is 4.3.6, released on Sep 14, 2026. 21 releases were published in the last 12 months (GitHub releases).
| Version | First release | Latest patch | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | Apr 23, 2026 | 4.3.6 (Sep 14, 2026) | Supported |
| 4.2 | Oct 27, 2025 | 4.2.9 (Jul 19, 2026) | End of community support (Jul 31, 2026) |
| 4.1 | Apr 15, 2025 | 4.1.8 (Jan 21, 2026) | End of community support (Jan 30, 2026) |
| 4.0 | Sep 18, 2024 | 4.0.9 (Apr 14, 2025) | End of community support (Apr 15, 2025) |
| 3.13 | Feb 22, 2024 | 3.13.7 (Aug 26, 2024) | End of community support (Sep 17, 2024) |
| 3.12 | Jun 1, 2023 | 3.12.14 (May 5, 2024) | End of community support (Feb 21, 2024) |
RabbitMQ community
| Metric | Value | vs last week | vs last month | vs last year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stack Overflow questions | 14,310 | 0 | +0.0% | +0.1% | Stack Overflow Oct 5, 2026 |
| Stack Overflow questions (last 12 months) | 21 | -4.5% | — | -87% | Stack Overflow Oct 5, 2026 |
| Public GitHub repositories | 12,644 | +0.5% | +2.2% | +28% | GitHub Oct 5, 2026 |
| Wikipedia page views (30 days) | 3,630 | -5.0% | -12% | -41% | Wikimedia pageviews Oct 4, 2026 |
RabbitMQ vs Kafka popularity
Which is more popular, RabbitMQ or Kafka? It depends on what you measure. Kafka is ahead on GitHub stars (2.4×), PyPI downloads (4.1×), npm downloads (1.5×) and Stack Overflow questions asked in the last 12 months (4.4×). RabbitMQ is ahead on Docker pulls (5.2×).
| Metric | RabbitMQ | 1 year | Kafka | 1 year | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
GitHub stars | 13,902 | +1.2% | 33,907 | +1.9% | Kafka (2.4×) |
GitHub forks | 4,025 | — | 15,556 | — | Kafka (3.9×) |
Contributors | 438 | — | 1,768 | — | Kafka (4.0×) |
Docker pulls all tracked images · Docker Hub / Docker Hub | 4.7B | — | 905.5M | — | RabbitMQ (5.2×) |
npm downloads (30 days) | 12.4M | +75% | 18.7M | +140% | Kafka (1.5×) |
PyPI downloads (30 days) main Python clients · PyPI (ClickPy) / PyPI (ClickPy) | 17M | +35% | 70.5M | +19% | Kafka (4.1×) |
NuGet downloads (total) | 527M | — | 273.6M | — | RabbitMQ (1.9×) |
RubyGems downloads (total) | 93.8M | — | 138.7M | — | Kafka (1.5×) |
crates.io downloads (total) | 12.9M | — | 38.8M | — | Kafka (3.0×) |
Stack Overflow questions [rabbitmq] vs [apache-kafka] · Stack Overflow / Stack Overflow | 14,310 | +0.1% | 33,233 | +0.3% | Kafka (2.3×) |
Stack Overflow questions (last 12 months) [rabbitmq] vs [apache-kafka] · Stack Overflow / Stack Overflow | 21 | -87% | 92 | -82% | Kafka (4.4×) |
Public GitHub repositories | 12,644 | +28% | 20,061 | +40% | Kafka (1.6×) |
Wikipedia page views (30 days) English Wikipedia · Wikimedia pageviews / Wikimedia pageviews | 3,630 | -41% | 8,170 | -45% | Kafka (2.3×) |
Releases (last 12 months) server releases · GitHub releases / Maven Central (deps.dev) | 21 | +75% | 9 | +29% | — |
RabbitMQ vs Kafka Python downloads
Monthly PyPI downloads of pika + aio-pika (RabbitMQ) and confluent-kafka + kafka-python + aiokafka (Kafka).
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| Month | RabbitMQ | Kafka |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2024 | 7,095,262 | 43,674,634 |
| Nov 2024 | 7,428,973 | 38,811,855 |
| Dec 2024 | 6,170,828 | 36,730,048 |
| Jan 2025 | 7,110,386 | 38,190,529 |
| Feb 2025 | 7,061,062 | 37,542,771 |
| Mar 2025 | 8,354,613 | 41,165,709 |
| Apr 2025 | 8,697,419 | 43,267,232 |
| May 2025 | 10,150,054 | 47,838,178 |
| Jun 2025 | 11,439,158 | 47,547,275 |
| Jul 2025 | 12,592,772 | 53,322,721 |
| Aug 2025 | 11,189,140 | 58,307,727 |
| Sep 2025 | 12,727,845 | 59,690,095 |
| Oct 2025 | 12,461,933 | 66,454,040 |
| Nov 2025 | 12,051,446 | 67,738,770 |
| Dec 2025 | 13,961,641 | 70,857,981 |
| Jan 2026 | 16,543,711 | 74,593,055 |
| Feb 2026 | 13,342,285 | 71,560,485 |
| Mar 2026 | 15,265,894 | 85,376,436 |
| Apr 2026 | 15,840,287 | 86,842,398 |
| May 2026 | 17,379,781 | 91,748,285 |
| Jun 2026 | 21,078,948 | 95,765,165 |
| Jul 2026 | 19,848,621 | 102,557,699 |
| Aug 2026 | 19,496,660 | 95,431,991 |
| Sep 2026 | 17,680,989 | 72,451,608 |
RabbitMQ vs Kafka Node.js downloads
Monthly npm downloads of amqplib (RabbitMQ) and kafkajs + @confluentinc/kafka-javascript + node-rdkafka (Kafka).
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| Month | RabbitMQ | Kafka |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2024 | 5,647,148 | 5,057,465 |
| Nov 2024 | 5,333,842 | 5,085,811 |
| Dec 2024 | 4,923,310 | 4,542,538 |
| Jan 2025 | 5,577,192 | 5,050,435 |
| Feb 2025 | 5,961,377 | 5,605,159 |
| Mar 2025 | 6,560,950 | 6,514,375 |
| Apr 2025 | 6,953,083 | 6,926,372 |
| May 2025 | 7,113,517 | 7,448,038 |
| Jun 2025 | 7,060,644 | 7,340,468 |
| Jul 2025 | 7,702,909 | 8,192,625 |
| Aug 2025 | 6,883,564 | 7,470,872 |
| Sep 2025 | 7,378,939 | 8,139,466 |
| Oct 2025 | 8,034,102 | 8,544,488 |
| Nov 2025 | 7,628,766 | 8,324,983 |
| Dec 2025 | 7,382,256 | 8,715,847 |
| Jan 2026 | 7,957,670 | 9,255,628 |
| Feb 2026 | 8,405,333 | 10,347,314 |
| Mar 2026 | 9,901,330 | 12,193,279 |
| Apr 2026 | 10,322,046 | 12,711,848 |
| May 2026 | 10,373,715 | 14,233,429 |
| Jun 2026 | 10,263,145 | 14,338,007 |
| Jul 2026 | 12,673,038 | 18,669,052 |
| Aug 2026 | 12,414,252 | 18,796,718 |
| Sep 2026 | 12,581,463 | 18,806,394 |
RabbitMQ vs Kafka GitHub stars
Star count of rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server and apache/kafka at the end of each month.
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| Month | RabbitMQ | Kafka |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2024 | 12,857 | 31,022 |
| Nov 2024 | 12,953 | 31,258 |
| Dec 2024 | 13,031 | 31,513 |
| Jan 2025 | 13,139 | 31,756 |
| Feb 2025 | 13,215 | 31,978 |
| Mar 2025 | 13,303 | 32,256 |
| Apr 2025 | 13,397 | 32,492 |
| May 2025 | 13,499 | 32,698 |
| Jun 2025 | 13,551 | 32,835 |
| Jul 2025 | 13,610 | 32,993 |
| Aug 2025 | 13,671 | 33,127 |
| Sep 2025 | 13,724 | 33,265 |
| Oct 2025 | 13,754 | 33,336 |
| Nov 2025 | 13,789 | 33,467 |
| Dec 2025 | 13,829 | 33,576 |
| Jan 2026 | 13,850 | 33,650 |
| Feb 2026 | 13,869 | 33,719 |
| Mar 2026 | 13,883 | 33,789 |
| Apr 2026 | 13,894 | 33,833 |
| May 2026 | 13,894 | 33,865 |
| Jun 2026 | 13,895 | 33,886 |
| Jul 2026 | 13,895 | 33,891 |
| Aug 2026 | 13,896 | 33,895 |
| Sep 2026 | 13,902 | 33,907 |
RabbitMQ vs Kafka search interest
Monthly views of the RabbitMQ and Apache Kafka articles on English Wikipedia, a public proxy for how many people look each technology up.
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| Month | RabbitMQ | Kafka |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 2024 | 11,031 | 22,856 |
| Nov 2024 | 9,361 | 20,798 |
| Dec 2024 | 7,998 | 19,355 |
| Jan 2025 | 9,370 | 21,252 |
| Feb 2025 | 8,818 | 20,763 |
| Mar 2025 | 8,497 | 20,300 |
| Apr 2025 | 8,491 | 20,155 |
| May 2025 | 8,395 | 17,860 |
| Jun 2025 | 6,886 | 16,055 |
| Jul 2025 | 6,410 | 17,100 |
| Aug 2025 | 6,044 | 14,529 |
| Sep 2025 | 6,336 | 15,239 |
| Oct 2025 | 6,481 | 15,105 |
| Nov 2025 | 6,205 | 13,706 |
| Dec 2025 | 5,374 | 15,646 |
| Jan 2026 | 5,548 | 12,366 |
| Feb 2026 | 5,563 | 11,305 |
| Mar 2026 | 5,342 | 11,446 |
| Apr 2026 | 4,745 | 10,536 |
| May 2026 | 4,511 | 10,997 |
| Jun 2026 | 4,411 | 9,239 |
| Jul 2026 | 4,252 | 13,123 |
| Aug 2026 | 4,095 | 9,008 |
| Sep 2026 | 3,833 | 8,506 |
Kafka statistics 2026
Apache Kafka was created at LinkedIn, released in January 2011 and graduated from the Apache Incubator in October 2012 (Wikipedia). The latest version is 4.2.2, released on Sep 22, 2026.
| Image | Value | vs last week | vs last month | vs last year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
apache/kafka | 46,435,217 | +1.3M | — | — | Docker Hub Oct 5, 2026 |
bitnami/kafka | 331,265,992 | +14,151 | — | — | Docker Hub Oct 5, 2026 |
confluentinc/cp-kafka | 365,290,611 | +1.5M | — | — | Docker Hub Oct 5, 2026 |
wurstmeister/kafka | 162,498,507 | +46,462 | — | — | Docker Hub Oct 5, 2026 |
| Total | 905,490,327 | +3M | — | — | Docker Hub Oct 5, 2026 |
| Repository | Value | vs last week | vs last month | vs last year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
apache/kafka | 33,907 | 0 | +10 | +629 | GitHub Oct 5, 2026 |
confluentinc/librdkafka | 1,060 | 0 | 0 | +61 | GitHub Oct 5, 2026 |
confluentinc/confluent-kafka-go | 5,167 | 0 | 0 | +49 | GitHub Oct 5, 2026 |
IBM/sarama | 12,521 | 0 | +2 | +104 | GitHub Oct 5, 2026 |
segmentio/kafka-go | 8,637 | 0 | +1 | +90 | GitHub Oct 5, 2026 |
confluentinc/confluent-kafka-python | 515 | 0 | 0 | +39 | GitHub Oct 5, 2026 |
dpkp/kafka-python | 5,905 | 0 | +1 | +29 | GitHub Oct 5, 2026 |
tulios/kafkajs | 4,004 | 0 | 0 | +24 | GitHub Oct 5, 2026 |
confluentinc/confluent-kafka-dotnet | 277 | 0 | 0 | +15 | GitHub Oct 5, 2026 |
| Package | Value | vs last week | vs last month | vs last year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
kafkajs | 15,011,052 | +10% | +2.8% | +114% | npm Oct 4, 2026 |
@confluentinc/kafka-javascript | 3,469,357 | +8.4% | -5.9% | +570% | npm Oct 4, 2026 |
node-rdkafka | 238,313 | +11% | +1.9% | -11% | npm Oct 4, 2026 |
| Package | Value | vs last week | vs last month | vs last year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
confluent-kafka | 40,906,261 | +1.5% | -24% | +17% | PyPI (ClickPy) Oct 4, 2026 |
kafka-python | 16,582,864 | +0.7% | -26% | -18% | PyPI (ClickPy) Oct 4, 2026 |
aiokafka | 13,030,070 | +1.3% | -2.8% | +216% | PyPI (ClickPy) Oct 4, 2026 |
| Package | Value | vs last week | vs last month | vs last year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Confluent.KafkaNuGet | 273,647,863 | +466.6K | — | — | NuGet Oct 5, 2026 |
ruby-kafkaRubyGems | 86,394,100 | +177.2K | — | — | RubyGems Oct 5, 2026 |
rdkafkaRubyGems | 23,052,244 | +187.8K | — | — | RubyGems Oct 5, 2026 |
karafkaRubyGems | 29,221,123 | +170.8K | — | — | RubyGems Oct 5, 2026 |
rdkafkacrates.io | 38,835,894 | +841K | — | — | crates.io Oct 5, 2026 |
| Artifact | Value | vs last week | vs last month | vs last year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
org.apache.kafka:kafka-clientsLatest 4.2.2 (Sep 22, 2026) | 85 | 0 | +1 | +9 | Maven Central Oct 5, 2026 |
org.springframework.kafka:spring-kafkaLatest 4.1.1 (Aug 20, 2026) | 252 | 0 | +1 | +22 | Maven Central Oct 5, 2026 |
| Version | First release | Latest patch | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | May 20, 2026 | 4.3.1 (Jun 23, 2026) | Supported |
| 4.2 | Feb 17, 2026 | 4.2.2 (Sep 28, 2026) | Supported |
| 4.1 | Sep 2, 2025 | 4.1.2 (Mar 16, 2026) | Supported |
| 4.0 | Mar 18, 2025 | 4.0.2 (Mar 18, 2026) | Supported |
| 3.9 | Nov 6, 2024 | 3.9.2 (Feb 21, 2026) | Supported |
| 3.8 | Jul 26, 2024 | 3.8.1 (Oct 29, 2024) | End of community support (Nov 6, 2024) |
| Metric | Value | vs last week | vs last month | vs last year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stack Overflow questions | 33,233 | 0 | +0.0% | +0.3% | Stack Overflow Oct 5, 2026 |
| Stack Overflow questions (last 12 months) | 92 | -6.1% | — | -82% | Stack Overflow Oct 5, 2026 |
| Public GitHub repositories | 20,061 | +0.8% | +3.1% | +40% | GitHub Oct 5, 2026 |
| Wikipedia page views (30 days) | 8,170 | -0.3% | -10% | -45% | Wikimedia pageviews Oct 4, 2026 |
| Releases in the last 12 months | 9 | 0 | 0 | +29% | Maven Central (deps.dev) Oct 5, 2026 |
RabbitMQ vs Kafka FAQ
Is Kafka more popular than RabbitMQ?
It depends on the metric. Kafka leads on GitHub stars, GitHub forks, contributors, npm downloads, PyPI downloads, RubyGems downloads, crates.io downloads, Stack Overflow questions, Stack Overflow questions asked in the last 12 months, public GitHub repositories and Wikipedia page views. RabbitMQ leads on Docker pulls and NuGet downloads.
How many Docker pulls does RabbitMQ have?
The official rabbitmq image on Docker Hub has 3,883,290,865 pulls as of Oct 5, 2026. Adding the Bitnami image and the RabbitMQ cluster operator gives 4,708,722,243 pulls.
How many GitHub stars does RabbitMQ have?
The rabbitmq/rabbitmq-server repository has 13,902 stars, against 33,907 for apache/kafka (Oct 5, 2026).
What is the latest version of RabbitMQ?
RabbitMQ 4.3.6 was released on Sep 14, 2026. The latest Kafka version is 4.2.2, released on Sep 22, 2026.
How often is RabbitMQ released?
RabbitMQ shipped 21 releases (including patch releases) in the last 12 months. Kafka shipped 9.
How many times is the RabbitMQ Python client downloaded?
pika, the most used Python client for RabbitMQ, was downloaded 10,709,414 times from PyPI in the last 30 days (+31% compared to a year ago).
How many times is the RabbitMQ Node.js client downloaded?
amqplib, the most used Node.js client for RabbitMQ, was downloaded 12,397,482 times from npm in the last 30 days (+75% compared to a year ago).
Popularity is only one input when choosing a broker. For the technical differences, read our RabbitMQ vs Kafka comparison.
Methodology
- Numbers are collected automatically from public APIs: Docker Hub, GitHub, npm, PyPI (via ClickPy), NuGet, RubyGems, Packagist, crates.io, Maven Central (via deps.dev), Stack Exchange, Wikimedia and endoflife.date. The date next to each number is when it was collected.
- Download counts include CI and mirror traffic and are not a count of users. They are best used to compare trends.
- Trends compare the current value with the value one week, one month (30 days) and one year earlier. For 30-day download and page view counts, the comparison is with the 30-day window ending at that earlier date.
- Past GitHub star counts are estimated from GH Archive star events. Docker Hub, NuGet, RubyGems, Packagist and crates.io only expose all-time totals, so their trends come from our own snapshots and appear once enough history is collected.
- Head-to-head totals skip packages that depend on another tracked package (such as
amqp-connection-manageroraiormq) so installs are not counted twice. Maven Central does not publish download counts. - Stack Overflow counts use the
rabbitmqandapache-kafkatags. GitHub repository counts use therabbitmqandkafkatopics.