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.

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of rdkafka.

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

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

rubygemsv0.26.0

Modern Kafka client library for Ruby based on librdkafka

License MITpermissive20 versions5 deps1,815 weekly dl

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Health

use with caution

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

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

6/20

popularity

25/25

security

9/15

maturity

3/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Dependencies (5)

API access

Get this data programmatically — free, no authentication.

curl https://depscope.dev/api/check/rubygems/rdkafka