confluent.kafka
Confluent's .NET Client for Apache Kafka
Total Downloads
252.2M
252,160,225
Published
Feb 27, 2026
Latest stable version
Install
.NET CLI
dotnet add package confluent.kafka --version 2.13.2-RC1
Package Manager Console
Install-Package confluent.kafka -Version 2.13.2-RC1
PackageReference
<PackageReference Include="confluent.kafka" Version="2.13.2-RC1" />
Frameworks
Dependencies
System.Buffers
[4.6.1, )
.NETFramework4.6.2
System.Memory
[4.6.3, )
.NETFramework4.6.2
librdkafka.redist
[2.13.2-RC1, )
.NETFramework4.6.2
librdkafka.redist
[2.13.2-RC1, )
net6.0
librdkafka.redist
[2.13.2-RC1, )
net8.0
System.Buffers
[4.6.1, )
.NETStandard2.0
System.Memory
[4.6.3, )
.NETStandard2.0
librdkafka.redist
[2.13.2-RC1, )
.NETStandard2.0
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