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Connamara Open Source Contributions

Connamara has made a commitment to the open source movement since our involvement in the QuickFix project in the early 2000’s.

Thus far, we have participated in seventeen open source projects either as an author, maintainer, or a contributor. Of the seventeen projects, nine are projects that Connamara has authored and released into open source.

The table below lists our contributions to date with links to the relevant project web sites or source repositories.

Project NameProject DescriptionContributorsDescription of Contributions (optional)Connamara Project?
FIX Protocol Logstash PluginA Logstash Plugin for parsing FIXChris Busbey, Dain HallAuthors, maintainers, contributorsY
quickfixC++ implementation of the FIX protocolMike GatnyMaintainers, contributorsY
quickfix/n.NET implementation of the FIX protocolMike Gatny, Chris Busbey, Grant Birchmeier, Kirk Kozel, Harvinder Vasdev, Andrew Page, Kevin O’ConnellAuthors, maintainers, contributorsY
quickfix/jJava implementation of the FIX protocolGrant BirchmeierContributorsN
quickfixgoGolang implementation of the FIX protocolChris BusbeyAuthor, maintainerY
openfastJava implementation of the FAST protocolMike GatnyCME support, multicast publishing supportN
libzmqZeroMQ core libraryMike Gatny, Chris BusbeyKerberos/GSSAPI supportN
czmqHigh-level C binding for ZeroMQMike Gatny, Chris BusbeyKerberos/GSSAPI supportN
jzmqJava binding for ZeroMQChris BusbeyKerberos/GSSAPI supportN
quickfix-jrubyQuickFIX/J packaged as a gem for JRubyChris Busbey, Mike GatnyAuthors, maintainers, contributorsY
cuke_memA very simple memory bank for Cucumber testsChris BusbeyAuthors, maintainers, contributorsY
fix_specBuild and inspect FIX messages in RSpec and CucumberChris Busbey, Mike Gatny, Matt Lane, Brad HaanAuthors, maintainers, contributorsY
agent_fixInteract with FIX connections to send, receive, and inspect messages in CucumberChris Busbey, Mike Gatny, Matt LaneAuthors, maintainers, contributorsY
agent_zmqInteract with ZeroMQ connections to send, receive, and inspect messages in CucumberChris Busbey, Brad HaanAuthors, maintainers, contributorsY
protobuf_specBuild and inspect google protobufs in RSpec and CucumberChris Busbey, Mike GatnyAuthors, maintainers, contributorsY
json_specBuild and inspect JSON in RSpec and CucumberChris BusbeyPull Request #39N
marketyRuby gem for Marketo SOAP API integrationGrant BirchmeierCo-authorN
cucumberCucumber is a tool for running automated tests written in plain languageChris BusbeyPull Request #670N

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