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# Preface
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What is Apache ActiveMQ?
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- Apache ActiveMQ is an open source project to build a multi-protocol,
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embeddable, very high performance, clustered, asynchronous messaging
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system.
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- Apache ActiveMQ is an example of Message Oriented Middleware (MoM). For a
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description of MoMs and other messaging concepts please see the [Messaging Concepts](messaging-concepts.md).
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- For answers to more questions about what Apache ActiveMQ is and what it
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isn't please visit the [FAQs wiki
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page](todo).
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Why use Apache ActiveMQ? Here are just a few of the reasons:
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- 100% open source software. Apache ActiveMQ is licensed using the Apache
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Software License v 2.0 to minimise barriers to adoption.
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- Apache ActiveMQ is designed with usability in mind.
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- Written in Java. Runs on any platform with a Java 8+ runtime, that's
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everything from Windows desktops to IBM mainframes.
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- Amazing performance. Our ground-breaking high performance journal
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provides persistent messaging performance at rates normally seen for
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non-persistent messaging, our non-persistent messaging performance
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rocks the boat too.
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- Full feature set. All the features you'd expect in any serious
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messaging system, and others you won't find anywhere else.
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- Elegant, clean-cut design with minimal third party dependencies. Run
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ActiveMQ stand-alone, run it in integrated in your favourite JEE
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application server, or run it embedded inside your own product. It's
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up to you.
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- Seamless high availability. We provide a HA solution with automatic
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client failover so you can guarantee zero message loss or
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duplication in event of server failure.
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- Hugely flexible clustering. Create clusters of servers that know how
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to load balance messages. Link geographically distributed clusters
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over unreliable connections to form a global network. Configure
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routing of messages in a highly flexible way.
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