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YAMI4 - Messaging Solution for Distributed Systems

YAMI4 is a set of messaging libraries designed for distributed systems with particular focus on control and monitoring systems.

The major features of the YAMI4 library are:

• peer-to-peer messaging without dependency on external message brokers
• support for message priorities
• built-in support for load balancing and automatic fail-over
• support for simple publish-subscribe messaging
• support for isolated memory partitions (intended for embedded and critical systems)
• support for real-time development with comprehensive range of timeout features
• high performance and scalability with non-blocking I/O
• small memory and resource footprint
• no dependencies on other libraries

The YAMI4 libraries are available for Ada, C++, Java and Python and are supported on POSIX-compliant systems, Microsoft Windows and Java-based platforms.

See the Frequently Asked Questions about YAMI4.

Documentation

	"Programming Distributed Systems with YAMI4" by Maciej Sobczak This book is a comprehensive YAMI4 manual that describes the messaging concepts and typical usage patterns. The HTML version of this book is available as well.
	YAMI4 Video Tutorial on YouTube This tutorial explains fundamental concepts of the YAMI4 library and demonstrates the use of example programs.

For the API reference see the documentation generated from source files:

• Core API reference
• Ada core and general-purpose API reference
• C++ general-purpose API reference
• Java API reference
• Python API reference

Discussion Group

The YAMI4 Google Group is a place where YAMI4 users are invited to meet others and to discuss their experiences, find help and exchange ideas.

Licensing and Download

The YAMI4 libraries are dual-licensed and are available under the following two licenses:

• General Public License, version 3, with intended use for product evaluation, student or academic projects and for all those open-source projects where the conditions of the GPL license are appropriate and which do not need to rely on technical support.
• Boost Software License, with intended use in both closed-source (which is a frequent choice in commercial projects) and open-source developments where dedicated technical support is required.

Download the full GPL distribution of the YAMI4 project:

• yami4-gpl-1.1.0.tar.gz
• yami4-gpl-1.1.0.zip

Need more information about the YAMI4 project? Do not hesitate to ask.