Is rdkafka safe to use?

rdkafka has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (0.26.0). DepScope rates its health at 63/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of rdkafka?

The latest version of rdkafka is 0.26.0, released 2026-04-02.

Does rdkafka have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of rdkafka.

Is rdkafka deprecated?

No, rdkafka is actively maintained. Latest release: 0.26.0 (2026-04-02).

What are alternatives to rdkafka?

Popular alternatives to rdkafka in RubyGems include: jmespath, netrc, thread_safe, crass, tzinfo.

rdkafka

rubygemsv0.26.0

Modern Kafka client library for Ruby based on librdkafka

License MITpermissive20 versions5 deps1,815 weekly dl

karafka/rdkafka-ruby

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Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (63/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (63/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

6/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

3/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

Dependency Tree

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Dependencies (5)

ffi json logger mini_portile2 rake

API access

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