tulios/kafkajs
A modern Apache Kafka client for node.js observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
23/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3319
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 761
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
4002 stars · 600 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
KafkaJS is a modern, dependency-free Apache Kafka client library for Node.js written in pure JavaScript. It provides producer and consumer group support, transactions, compression codecs, and multiple authentication mechanisms.
Use cases
- produce and consume kafka messages from node.js
- connect node.js app to apache kafka
- kafka consumer groups with pause and resume
- transactional kafka producer in javascript
- authenticate to kafka with SASL or AWS IAM
- administer kafka topics from node.js
When to choose
- you need a pure-JavaScript Kafka client with no native addons
- you want consumer groups, transactions, and SASL/SSL auth in Node.js
- you prefer a lean, well-tested client for high-traffic services
When to avoid
- you are not on Node.js
- you need a Kafka client for another language or runtime
- you need Kafka Connect or stream processing, not a client
Facets
library · maturity stable
message-queue database-driver auth serialization microservices backend kafka event-streaming producer-consumer messaging nodejs
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/tulios/kafkajs · fetched 2026-08-28 · 6a514935af44
- homepage: https://kafka.js.org · fetched 2026-08-29 · e069c1b00ab6
- site_page: https://kafka.js.org/docs/getting-started · fetched 2026-08-29 · a4bb9aa6cdc1
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| tulios/kafkajs | main | 23 |
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