NATS Server NATS Authors
winget install --id=NATSAuthors.NATSServer -e High-Performance server for NATS.io, the cloud and edge native messaging system.
NATS Server is a high-performance messaging server designed to enable efficient communication in distributed systems across cloud, edge, and hybrid environments. It serves as the core infrastructure for NATS.io, a lightweight messaging system built for modern applications.
Key Features:
- Scalable architecture supporting millions of messages per second.
- Built-in support for secure communication with TLS encryption.
- Cross-platform compatibility, running on-premise, in the cloud, or at the edge.
- Low latency and high throughput ideal for real-time applications.
- Monitoring capabilities via Prometheus integration.
- Integration with Kubernetes for seamless orchestration.
Audience & Benefit: Ideal for developers, DevOps engineers, and cloud providers seeking a reliable messaging solution. NATS Server enables faster development cycles, lowers operational costs, and enhances system reliability for distributed applications. It can be installed using winget for easy setup.
README
NATS is a simple, secure and performant communications system for digital systems, services and devices. NATS is part of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). NATS has over 40 client language implementations, and its server can run on-premise, in the cloud, at the edge, and even on a Raspberry Pi. NATS can secure and simplify design and operation of modern distributed systems.
Documentation
- Official Website
- Official Documentation
- FAQ
- Watch a video overview of NATS.
- Watch this video from SCALE 13x to learn more about its origin story and design philosophy.
Contact
- Twitter: Follow us on Twitter!
- Google Groups: Where you can ask questions
- Slack: Click here to join. You can ask questions to our maintainers and to the rich and active community.
Contributing
If you are interested in contributing to NATS, read about our...
Roadmap
The NATS product roadmap can be found here.
Adopters
Who uses NATS? See our list of users on https://nats.io.
Security
Security Audit
A third party security audit was performed by Trail of Bits following engagement by the Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF). You can see the full report from April 2025 here.
Reporting Security Vulnerabilities
If you've found a vulnerability or a potential vulnerability in the NATS server, please let us know at nats-security.
License
Unless otherwise noted, the NATS source files are distributed under the Apache Version 2.0 license found in the LICENSE file.