librdkafka
brew install librdkafkaApache Kafka C/C++ library
https://github.com/confluentinc/librdkafka
License: BSD-2-Clause
Development: Pull requests
Formula JSON API: /api/formula/librdkafka.json
Formula code: librdkafka.rb on GitHub
Bottle (binary package) installation support provided for:
| macOS on Apple Silicon |
golden gate | ✅ |
|---|---|---|
| tahoe | ✅ | |
| sequoia | ✅ | |
| Linux | ARM64 | ✅ |
| x86_64 | ✅ |
Current versions:
| stable | ✅ | 2.16.0 |
| head | ⚡️ | HEAD |
Revision: 1
Depends on:
| lz4 | 1.11.1 | Extremely Fast Compression algorithm |
| lzlib | 1.16 | Data compression library |
| openssl@4 | 4.1.0 | Cryptography and SSL/TLS Toolkit |
| zstd | 1.5.7 | Zstandard is a real-time compression algorithm |
Depends on when building from source:
| pkgconf | 3.0.10 | Package compiler and linker metadata toolkit |
Uses from macOS: python (build), curl, cyrus-sasl
GitHub Packages downloads:
| Last 30 days | 40,734 |
|---|---|
| Downloads | 1,887,699 |
| Analytics install events (30 days) | 1,748 |
| Downloads / install events (30 days) | 23.3× |
Source: GitHub Packages, fetched 2026-11-11T00:53:20Z. Analytics dates: 2026-10-12 to 2026-11-11. Totals exclude downloads from Bintray before the migration to GitHub Packages. Downloads and install attempts measure different things; the difference does not count analytics opt-outs. Definitions and limitations.
Analytics:
| 30 days | 90 days | 365 days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Installs | 1,746 | 4,312 | 24,165 |
Installs (--HEAD) | 2 | 7 | 34 |
| Installs on Request | 908 | 2,141 | 14,016 |
Installs on Request (--HEAD) | 2 | 7 | 34 |
| Build Errors | 0 |