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Apache ActiveMQ

Apache ActiveMQ is an open-source, high-performance message broker written in Java, developed by the Apache Software Foundation. It implements the Jakarta Messaging (JMS) API and supports multiple messaging protocols including AMQP, STOMP, MQTT, OpenWire, and HTTP/WebSocket, enabling reliable asynchronous messaging between distributed applications and microservices. ActiveMQ provides features such as network of brokers, message persistence (KahaDB, JDBC), high availability, message scheduling, and a web console with REST and Jolokia management APIs.

agent ready

Real signal across most facets with visible, nameable gaps — the contract exists but is thin, or the portal is good while governance and commercial terms are absent.

Kin Score

API Evangelist profiles Apache ActiveMQ the way a machine reads it — 43 machine-readable artifacts across 4 APIs, pulled from the provider's own public surface and indexed so a developer, an analyst, or an AI agent can evaluate it against every other provider on the network.

Every provider in the network is reduced to the same set of machine-readable artifacts — OpenAPI contracts, event specifications, GraphQL schemas, runnable collections, pricing and rate-limit signals, security posture, OAuth scopes, and the agent surfaces (MCP servers and skills) that let software drive the API on its own. We profile them because the interface is the part of a company you can actually inspect: it is a truer signal of what a provider does than any marketing page. From those artifacts we compute the Kin Score — Apache ActiveMQ scores 58.9/100 (developing), with a separate agent-readiness read of 48/100 (agent ready). The full breakdown is below, followed by every artifact we hold — each card links through to its machine-readable definition on apis.io.

Kin Score

This is the API Evangelist rating — a single, repeatable read computed from the artifacts on this page. Green fill is points earned; the red track is points possible, so every bar shows earned-versus-possible at a glance.

Kin Score Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 58.9/100 · developing
Contract Quality 15.9 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 7.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 10.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13
Governance 10.4 / 12
Discoverability 8.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 48/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 15 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

How we profile Apache ActiveMQ

Each block below is one kind of artifact we hold for Apache ActiveMQ. For each we say what it is and why it earns a place in the profile, then list every one we've indexed — capped at two rows, scroll within the panel for the rest.

APIs 4

Each API is captured as its own OpenAPI definition — every operation, parameter, and response. This is the single most useful machine-readable description of what an API does, and it's what lets us score, lint, mock, and generate against it without asking the provider for anything.

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Apache ActiveMQ Jolokia Management API

The Jolokia JMX-HTTP bridge API provides HTTP access to JMX metrics and management operations for the ActiveMQ broker, enabling monitoring of broker health, queue depths, consum...

Apache ActiveMQ Broker

The ActiveMQ Classic broker provides high-performance asynchronous messaging through multiple protocol interfaces including OpenWire, AMQP, STOMP, and MQTT. It includes a web-ba...

Apache ActiveMQ Management API

Jolokia JMX-HTTP bridge for broker monitoring and management.

Apache ActiveMQ Messages API

Operations for producing and consuming messages from queues and topics.

Pricing Plans 1

Pricing is part of the interface. Machine-readable plans tell you what a tier costs and includes before you commit — one of the six things the Kin Score reads for commercial clarity.

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Rate Limits 1

Rate limits are the difference between a demo that works and a production integration that doesn't fall over. Publishing them is an operational-transparency signal — and a hard requirement for any agent that plans its own throughput.

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Apache Activemq Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals let a buyer model the financial operations of an API before it's live. We profile them for the same reason we profile pricing: the money is part of the contract.

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Features 10

The notable capabilities this provider advertises, captured as structured features so they can be searched and compared instead of read one landing page at a time.

Notable capabilities this provider offers.

Multi-Protocol Support

Supports AMQP, STOMP, MQTT, OpenWire, JMS, Jakarta Messaging, HTTP, and WebSocket protocols for broad client compatibility.

Message Persistence

Provides KahaDB and JDBC-based message persistence options to ensure message durability across broker restarts.

Network of Brokers

Enables distributed messaging topologies by linking multiple brokers in a network for load balancing and failover.

High Availability

Supports shared storage and master-slave configurations for high availability deployments.

Message Scheduling

Built-in message scheduling capabilities allow delayed or recurring message delivery.

REST Messaging API

HTTP-based REST API for producing and consuming messages from queues and topics without native JMS clients.

Jolokia Management API

JMX-over-HTTP bridge via Jolokia for broker monitoring and management.

Web Console

HTML5 web-based management console accessible at /admin for queue and topic management, subscriber monitoring, and message browsing.

Docker Support

Official Docker image apache/activemq-classic available on Docker Hub for containerized deployments.

Embeddable Broker

ActiveMQ can be embedded directly into Java applications for in-process messaging.

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Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts give the data shared meaning across APIs. We profile them because semantics are what let a machine reconcile 'customer' here with 'customer' somewhere else.

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Apache Activemq Rest Context

2 classes · 6 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Governance rulesets we run against this provider's specs — the automated checks behind parts of the score. Profiling them makes the quality bar explicit and re-runnable, not a matter of opinion.

Apache ActiveMQ API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings

SPECTRAL

Apache ActiveMQ API Rules

26 rules · 8 errors · 16 warnings

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions describe the data models behind the API. We profile them so the shapes are validatable on their own — useful long after a single request is forgotten.

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

JolokiaError

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JolokiaResponse

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 2

JSON Structure captures the data shapes in a form built for tooling — a complement to JSON Schema that keeps the model machine-legible.

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Rest Jolokia Error Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Rest Jolokia Response Structure

4 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 2

Real request and response payloads are what turn a spec from abstract into obvious — and they're one of the twelve things an agent needs to call an API correctly on the first try.

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals — the evidence that a provider takes security seriously enough to document it. We profile it because you can't govern what you can't see.

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Apache Activemq Authentication

http · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Apache Activemq Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Apache Activemq Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

An x-agentic-access contract marks which operations are safe for an agent to run on its own and which need a human in the loop. It is the difference between an API an agent can use and one it can use safely.

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Apache Activemq Agentic Access

5 operations · 2 acting

5 operations · 2 acting

AGENTIC

Use Cases 6

What developers actually build with this provider — captured so the catalogue answers 'what is this for', not just 'what does this expose'.

What developers build with this provider.

Microservices Messaging

Decouple microservices using asynchronous message queues and topics for event-driven architectures.

Enterprise Integration

Connect disparate enterprise systems and applications using standard messaging protocols.

IoT Messaging

Use MQTT protocol support for IoT device communication and telemetry data pipelines.

Workload Distribution

Distribute work items across consumer pools using competing consumers on queues.

Event Streaming

Publish events to topics and fan out to multiple subscriber applications.

Legacy JMS Integration

Bridge legacy JMS-based applications with modern services using OpenWire and JMS API support.

Integrations 7

Pre-built integrations with other platforms tell you where this provider already fits in a stack.

Pre-built integrations with other platforms and tools.

Spring Framework

Deep integration with Spring and Spring Boot via spring-boot-starter-activemq.

Apache Camel

Native Apache Camel ActiveMQ component for enterprise integration patterns.

Docker

Official Docker Hub image apache/activemq-classic for containerized deployments.

Kubernetes

Deployable on Kubernetes using the official Docker image and StatefulSets.

Hawtio

HTML5 management console integration via hawtio for advanced broker management.

RHQ

Operational monitoring integration with RHQ for enterprise monitoring.

Apache Karaf

OSGi integration with Apache Karaf for modular enterprise deployments.

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Resources

Every other property we hold for Apache ActiveMQ — documentation, portals, status pages, policies, and corporate surface — grouped by the job it does, following the integrator's arc from getting started to running in production.

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

Documentation 4

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

Design & Contract 3

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

Operate 3

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Commercial 1

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

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