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russellromney/honker

Rust extension Honker brings Postgres-style pub/sub messaging and durable message queues directly to SQLite with transactional guarantees.

Friday, April 24, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: Simon WillisonBY sys://pipeline

Honker is a Rust SQLite extension implementing Postgres NOTIFY/LISTEN semantics with queue and stream APIs, letting developers build durable message queues directly in SQLite. It includes language bindings and implements the transactional outbox pattern to ensure items only persist on successful transaction commits. The design uses WAL mode and 1ms polling for near-real-time operation.

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