Install the Apache Kafka C/C++ library on Windows
- Last Updated: June 10, 2025
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You can manually download and install the Apache®
Kafka® C/C++ library or automate the process.
Instructions are provided for both.
Important: Progress® recommends you
install a recent release version of the Apache Kafka C/C++ library. The minimum
version required is 1.7.
Manual install
To manually install on Windows:
- Open a browser and visit https://www.nuget.org/packages/librdkafka.redist/.
- Click the Download package link.
- Rename the file extension of the downloaded file from nupkg to zip.
- Open the zip file.
- Extract the files from the runtimes\win-x64\native\ folder to your application working directory.
Automated install
Alternatively, you can run a script to download and install the Apache Kafka
C/C++ library. This example PowerShell script downloads the librdkafka 1.8 package from NuGet and extracts the required files to
the current folder. To get started, copy the script to the application working
directory and run it there.
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The libraries are created under application-working-dir\librdkafka\libs.