---
id: aiormq
version: "7.0.0"
license: Apache-2.0
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# aiormq — Pure python AMQP asynchronous client library

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 6.4M/mo

## What it is and what it does

aiormq provides an async-native interface to AMQP 0.9.1 message brokers, primarily RabbitMQ. It handles the low-level frame encoding/decoding through pamqp and URL parsing through yarl, letting you declare queues, publish messages, consume from queues, and manage transactions and publisher confirms using Python's asyncio. The library supports SSL/TLS connections, PLAIN authentication, and channel-based asynchronous locks to serialize frame types where AMQP 0.9.1 requires it.

You use it by connecting to a broker, creating channels, then publishing or consuming messages within async functions. It's suitable for building async applications that need reliable message delivery—task queues, pub/sub systems, work distribution—without blocking the event loop. The library is production-stable (5.x and later), supports current Python versions (3.11+), and has no known security vulnerabilities.

Use it for:

- Build async task queue workers that consume from RabbitMQ without blocking the event loop.
- Implement pub/sub systems where multiple subscribers listen to fanout exchanges asynchronously.
- Create async message publishers that send work items to a broker for distributed processing.
- Handle transactional message delivery with publisher confirms and acknowledgments.
- Integrate RabbitMQ into async web frameworks or microservices for event-driven communication.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

aiormq is a pure Python AMQP 0.9.1 client library for asynchronous message queue operations over RabbitMQ and compatible brokers.

Yes. aiormq is actively maintained, has low install friction, carries a permissive license, and is the standard async AMQP client for Python. Install it if you need to integrate RabbitMQ or another AMQP broker into an asyncio application. The only prerequisite is a running broker; no system libraries are required.

## Install

pip install aiormq
uv add aiormq
poetry add aiormq

## Installing aiormq

Before you install: Low install friction with only two runtime dependencies (pamqp and yarl). Actively maintained with recent releases; repository is not archived and shows steady engagement.

License in practice: Licensed under Apache-2.0 (permissive), allowing use in commercial and proprietary projects with minimal restrictions.

Quickstart:

import asyncio
import aiormq

async def main():
    connection = await aiormq.connect("amqp://guest:guest@localhost/")
    channel = await connection.channel()
    await channel.basic_publish(b'Hello', routing_key='queue_name')

asyncio.run(main())

Requires a running AMQP broker (RabbitMQ or compatible) accessible at the connection URL.

Verify before relying:

- Performance characteristics and throughput limits under high message volume
- Compatibility with AMQP brokers other than RabbitMQ
- Behavior and recovery mechanisms for network failures or broker disconnections

## Package facts

- License: Apache-2.0 (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 6.4M/month (top 5,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

amqp client asyncio, rabbitmq async python, message queue consumer producer, amqp 0.9.1 library, async message broker, rabbitmq driver python, asyncio amqp client, message-queue, amqp-client, rabbitmq

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