Growth roadmap

This roadmap tracks work that helps more production Laravel teams discover, trust, and adopt this package.

Positioning

Core message:

Native ext-amqp RabbitMQ queue driver for Laravel production workloads.

Target user:

• Controls the production PHP runtime.
• Uses RabbitMQ as a production system component.
• Wants long-running worker stability.
• Values native AMQP support, pooling, confirms, and topology controls.

Repository conversion checklist

• Update Composer description with native ext-amqp positioning.
• Add discovery keywords for ext-amqp, Horizon, Octane, publisher confirms, quorum queues, and queue-driver usage.
• Rewrite README opening section around production use.
• Add installation guide for Docker, Alpine, Sail, Ubuntu, and GitHub Actions.
• Add production deployment guide.
• Add copy-paste recipes.
• Add benchmark plan.
• Add why-native-ext-amqp positioning page.
• Add real benchmark commands.
• Publish benchmark results.
• Add benchmark workflow or reproducible benchmark demo.
• Create a separate Laravel demo repository.
• Add GitHub repository topics.
• Publish external articles and community posts.

Recommended GitHub topics

Add these topics in the repository settings:

laravel
rabbitmq
laravel-queue
queue-driver
amqp
ext-amqp
php-amqp
rabbitmq-c
message-broker
distributed-systems
microservices
laravel-horizon
horizon
laravel-octane
octane
publisher-confirms
quorum-queues
dead-letter-exchange
delayed-messages

Article ideas

• Using RabbitMQ with Laravel Queues in Production.
• Laravel RabbitMQ with Native ext-amqp.
• RabbitMQ vs Redis Queues in Laravel Production.
• How to Run Laravel Queue Workers with RabbitMQ, Supervisor, and Horizon.
• Laravel RabbitMQ Quorum Queues Explained.
• Using Publisher Confirms in Laravel RabbitMQ.
• php-amqplib vs ext-amqp for Laravel Queues.

Demo repository scope

Create a separate repository named laravel-rabbitmq-demo with:

• Laravel 12 application.
• Docker Compose with RabbitMQ management image.
• PHP image with ext-amqp installed.
• Example jobs.
• Delayed job example.
• Quorum queue example.
• Failed job reroute example.
• Publisher confirms example.
• Horizon optional setup.
• Supervisor example.

Benchmark scope

Add benchmark commands or a demo app that can measure:

• Publish throughput.
• Consume throughput in poll mode.
• Consume throughput in consume mode.
• Publisher confirm latency.
• Quorum queue behavior.
• Worker memory after 1 hour.
• Worker memory after 6 hours.

Community launch checklist

• Tag a release after documentation changes.
• Publish benchmark results.
• Post a short launch note on LinkedIn, X, Reddit r/laravel, Reddit r/PHP, Laravel.io, and Laracasts forum.
• Submit to Laravel News community links.
• Ask users to star the repo if it helps them run RabbitMQ in production.