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Streaming · Apache 2.0 (open source) · 20,992 stars

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High-Performance server for NATS.io, the cloud and edge native messaging system.

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Apache 2.0 No license change recorded since the repository was created in 2012.

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About and history
Repository
nats-io/nats-server · created Oct 29, 2012
Website
nats.io
Language
Go
Foundation
None; run by its maintainers
GitHub detects
Apache-2.0
Stars per week
37 (GitHub weekly snapshots)

Weekly snapshots

Week ofStars
Nov 2, 202620,992
Oct 19, 202620,920
Oct 12, 202620,886
Sep 28, 202620,834
Sep 21, 202620,768

Changes

Foundation listingNov 3, 2026

Listed on the CNCF landscape as graduated, was incubating.

Stars per weekNov 3, 2026

Gains about 37 stars a week, down from 38.

Stars per weekOct 24, 2026

Gains about 38 stars a week, down from 39.

Stars per weekOct 16, 2026

Gains about 39 stars a week, down from 66.

Stars per weekOct 4, 2026

Gains about 66 stars a week.

TrackedSep 25, 2026

Now tracked, from nats-io/nats-server on GitHub.