Package

kafkajs

A modern Apache Kafka client for node.js

v2.2.4, 27 Feb 2023MITCommonJSTypes: BundledQueues and background jobs

$ npm install kafkajs

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 2.5m; +82% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 3 years ago; v2.2.4
GitHub stars: 4k; 606 forks
Open issues / PRs: 356 / 63
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

2,460,847 downloads last week, 12,790,456 in the last month. The 12-month change of +82% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 065 in total
Latest version: 2.2.4, 27 Feb 20233 years ago
First published: 15 Oct 2017
Last push to GitHub: 2 Aug 2024783 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 356
Open pull requests: 63
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: -

Major versions

v2 first release 2.0.0, 6 May 2022
v1 first release 1.0.0, 14 May 2018
v0 first release 0.1.0, 15 Oct 2017

Recent releases

Version	Published
2.2.4	27 Feb 2023
2.2.3	21 Nov 2022
2.2.2	18 Oct 2022
2.2.1	13 Oct 2022
2.2.0	16 Aug 2022
2.1.0	28 Jun 2022
2.0.2	31 May 2022
2.0.1	23 May 2022
2.0.0	6 May 2022
1.16.0	9 Feb 2022
1.15.0	24 Nov 2020
1.14.0	21 Sept 2020
1.13.0	10 Sept 2020
1.12.0	30 Jan 2020

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: >=14.0.0
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 715 kB
Dependencies (0): None

Install

npm install kafkajs

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/kafkajs@2.2.4/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/kafkajs@2.2.4/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/kafkajs@2.2.4

Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.