# rust-rdkafka
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[](https://docs.rs/rdkafka/)
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Kafka client library for Rust based on [librdkafka].
__INCLUDE_RUST_DOC__$src/lib.rs$## The library
## Documentation
Documentation is available on [docs.rs](https://docs.rs/rdkafka/).
## Contributors
Thanks to:
* Thijs Cadier - [thijsc](https://github.com/thijsc)
## Alternatives
* [kafka-rust]: a pure Rust implementation of the Kafka client.
[kafka-rust]: https://github.com/spicavigo/kafka-rust