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NATS is a simple, secure and performant communications system for digital systems, services and devices. NATS is part of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). NATS has over40 client language implementations, and its server can run on-premise, in the cloud, at the edge, and even on a Raspberry Pi. NATS can secure and simplify design and operation of modern distributed systems.

• Official Website
• Official Documentation
• FAQ
• Watcha video overview of NATS.
• Watchthis video from SCALE 13x to learn more about its origin story and design philosophy.

• Twitter: Follow us on Twitter!
• Google Groups: Where you can ask questions
• Slack: Clickhere to join. You can ask questions to our maintainers and to the rich and active community.

If you are interested in contributing to NATS, read about our...

• Contributing guide
• Report issues or propose Pull Requests

The NATS product roadmap can be foundhere.

Who uses NATS? See ourlist of users onhttps://nats.io.

A third party security audit was performed by Trail of Bits following engagement by the Open Source Technology Improvement Fund (OSTIF). You can see thefull report from April 2025 here.

If you've found a vulnerability or a potential vulnerability in the NATS server, please let us know atnats-security.

Unless otherwise noted, the NATS source files are distributedunder the Apache Version 2.0 license found in the LICENSE file.