# IMQ class · @imqueue/core

Source: https://imqueue.org/api/core/latest/core.imq/
Published: 2026-08-04
Author: @imqueue maintainers (https://github.com/imqueue)
Package: @imqueue/core 3.3.2 — generated reference, not hand-written

Message queue factory. This is also the default export of `@imqueue/core`.

**Signature:**

```typescript
export default class IMQ 
```

## Remarks

The factory only selects and instantiates an adapter — it performs no I/O, so the queue it returns is not connected. Call `start()` on it (or `send()`, which starts the queue implicitly) before use.

## Methods


| Method | Modifiers | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [create(name, options, mode)](https://imqueue.org/api/core/latest/core.imq.create/) | `static` | Instantiates the queue adapter matching the given options and returns it ready to be started. The adapter is chosen from `options.vendor`, of which only `'Redis'` is supported. When either `options.cluster` or `options.clusterManagers` is present, the clustered adapter is returned instead of the single-server one. |