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Life & fun · December 11, 2017

Sandglass – Distributed, scalable, persistent time-sorted message queue

Sandglass is a distributed, horizontally scalable, persistent, time sorted message queue. - sandglass/sandglass

Sandglass – Distributed, scalable, persistent time-sorted message queue launched on December 11, 2017 with 188 votes, #129 of 2,482 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 8 years on.

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Sandglass is a distributed message queue system designed for developers who need to store and retrieve time-sorted messages at scale. It provides persistent storage and handles high-volume messaging with distributed architecture. The system is particularly useful for applications requiring reliable message ordering based on timestamps and the ability to scale across multiple servers. Built as an open-source project, it targets engineering teams managing complex event streaming and message processing workloads.

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