What message brokers does Celery support and what are their differences?

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Answer

Celery supports multiple message brokers:

  • RabbitMQ: Most feature-complete, supports all Celery features, provides message persistence and delivery guarantees
  • Redis: Simpler setup, good performance, but less robust than RabbitMQ for message durability
  • Amazon SQS: Good for AWS deployments, but limited feature support
  • Apache Kafka: Good for high-throughput scenarios

RabbitMQ is recommended for production due to its reliability and full feature support.