Installation

VarMQ needs Go 1.24 or newer. Add it to your module with go get, then import it. Pick the variant you need:

Install · go get

The in-memory worker pool, queues and topics.

terminal

go get github.com/goptics/varmq

main.go

import "github.com/goptics/varmq"

Adds redisq, for persistent and distributed queues in Redis.

terminal

go get github.com/goptics/varmq github.com/goptics/redisq

main.go

import (
	"github.com/goptics/redisq"
	"github.com/goptics/varmq"
)

Adds sqliteq, for persistent queues in SQLite files.

terminal

go get github.com/goptics/varmq github.com/goptics/sqliteq

main.go

import (
	"github.com/goptics/sqliteq"
	"github.com/goptics/varmq"
)

VarMQ needs Go 1.24 or newer. Run go version to check.

The in-memory worker pool, queues and topics are all in this one package. Persistent and distributed queues also need a storage adapter, which is its own module: redisq for Redis or sqliteq for SQLite.

Versions

Each module has its own go.mod, so each one can need a different Go version. The table is for redisq v1.5.0 and sqliteq v0.3.0.

Module	Go version	Other needs
`github.com/goptics/varmq`	1.24 or newer	None.
`github.com/goptics/redisq` v1.5.0	1.26 or newer	Redis 6.0 or newer, with Lua scripts allowed.
`github.com/goptics/sqliteq` v0.3.0	1.24 or newer	cgo (`CGO_ENABLED=1`) and a C compiler, because it uses `mattn/go-sqlite3`.

Neither adapter lists github.com/goptics/varmq in its go.mod. So an adapter does not set the VarMQ version; your own module does.

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Installation

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