• Computer Science > Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing [Submitted on 19 Feb 2026] Title:Message-Oriented Middleware Systems: Technology Overview View PDFAbstract:We present a comprehensive characterization study of open-source message-oriented middleware (MOM) systems. • We followed a rigorous methodology to select and study ten popular and diverse MOM systems. • For each system, we examine 42 features with a total of 134 different options. • We found that MOM systems have evolved to provide a framework for modern cloud applications through high flexibility and configurability and by offering core building blocks for complex applications including transaction support, active messaging, resource management, flow control, and native support for multi-tenancy. • We also identify that there is an opportunity for the community to consolidate its efforts on fewer open-source projects. • We have also created an annotated data set that makes it easy to verify our findings, which can also be used to help practitioners and developers understand and compare the features of different systems.
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- A recent study systematically evaluated ten popular open‑source message‑oriented middleware (MOM) systems, analyzing 42 features across 134 options. The authors found that modern MOMs now serve as flexible, configurable foundations for cloud‑native applications, offering core capabilities such as transaction support, active messaging, resource management, flow control, and native multi‑tenancy. The paper highlights a trend toward feature richness but also identifies an opportunity for the community to focus on fewer, more mature projects. To aid comparison and verification, the authors released an annotated dataset and made it publicly available for practitioners and researchers.
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