Oubiwann/txZMQ. As Piël » ZeroMQ an introduction. ZeroMQ is a messaging library, which allows you to design a complex communication system without much effort.
It has been wrestling with how to effectively describe itself in the recent years. In the beginning it was introduced as ‘messaging middleware’ later they moved to ‘TCP on steroids’ and right now it is a ‘new layer on the networking stack’. I had some trouble understanding ZeroMQ at first and really had to reset my brain. First of all, it is not a complete messaging system such as RabbitMQ or ActiveMQ. I know the guys of Linden Research compared them, but it is apples and oranges. ØMQ - The Guide - ØMQ - The Guide. The Intelligent Transport Layer - zeromq.