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title: OpenWire
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[ActiveMQ OpenWire](http://activemq.apache.org/openwire/) is a stand-alone
library that provides the implementation of the native wire protocol used by
[ActiveMQ](http://activemq.apache.org) and its various client libraries.

## Features

* Small Core module with latest codecs only
* External legacy module with support for all past OpenWire Versions.
* JMS Wrappers around the OpenWire message types
* Tight or loose encoding at the wire level for small or fast marshaling.
* Message body compression.

## Documentation

* [Getting Started Guide](documentation/getting-started.html)
* [OpenWire Protocol Manual](documentation/openwire-manual.html)