rdkafka
v0.39.0 GrowingRust wrapper for librdkafka
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 61d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (2.1K crates depend on it)
- !Heavy dependency tree (24 direct deps)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT)
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Deep Insights
2.0M downloads in the last 30 days (66.5K/day), up 43% from the previous period.
2.1K crates depend on rdkafka. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
Despite being 9+ years old, rdkafka hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
24 direct dependencies. Consider the impact on compile times and supply chain complexity.
Notable dependents include testcontainers-modules, schema_registry_converter, cloudevents-sdk, aws-msk-iam-sasl-signer, sea-streamer-kafka. When high-quality crates choose rdkafka, it's a strong quality signal.
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Feature Flags
default =["libz", "tokio"]
