# NATS

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/events/nats/  
**Provider:** Events — https://apis.io/providers/events/  
**Documentation:** https://nats.io

NATS is one of 18 APIs that [Events](https://apis.io/providers/events/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Brokers, Messaging, CNCF, and Open-Source. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and a GitHub repository.

CNCF incubating high-performance, lightweight messaging system designed for cloud, edge, and IoT. Supports pub/sub, request/reply, and queue groups over a text-based protocol. JetStream extends NATS with persistent streams, key-value, and object storage. Official clients in Go, Rust, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, Java, C#, C, Ruby, and Elixir.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Portal** — https://nats.io
- **Documentation** — https://docs.nats.io
- **GitHubOrganization** — https://github.com/nats-io
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server

## Other Events APIs (12)

- [CloudEvents](https://apis.io/apis/events/cloudevents/)
- [AsyncAPI](https://apis.io/apis/events/asyncapi/)
- [Apache Kafka](https://apis.io/apis/events/apache-kafka/)
- [Apache Pulsar](https://apis.io/apis/events/apache-pulsar/)
- [Redpanda](https://apis.io/apis/events/redpanda/)
- [IBM MQ](https://apis.io/apis/events/ibm-mq/)
- [AWS EventBridge](https://apis.io/apis/events/aws-eventbridge/)
- [Azure Event Grid](https://apis.io/apis/events/azure-event-grid/)
- [Google Cloud Pub/Sub](https://apis.io/apis/events/google-cloud-pubsub/)
- [Confluent Cloud](https://apis.io/apis/events/confluent-cloud/)
- [Confluent Schema Registry](https://apis.io/apis/events/confluent-schema-registry/)
- [Apicurio Registry](https://apis.io/apis/events/apicurio-registry/)

## Tags

Brokers, Messaging, CNCF, Open-Source

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