Getting started with relaykit

Designed for teams that prioritize reliability: built-in tracing, dead-letter queues, rollback safety, and graceful shutdown from day one.

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Setup

Install the latest version in seconds:

go get github.com/org/relaykit@latest

Version 3.8.2 · Last updated 2026-06-05 · 10k+ weekly downloads

Quick reference

• Streaming data from Kafka in under a minute
• Handling errors and retries like a pro
• Rate limiting and backpressure patterns
• Deploying with Docker and Kubernetes

Why relaykit

• Zero dependencies; under 50 KB gzipped.
• Streams, queues, and pub/sub unified under one API.
• Full type safety with zero runtime overhead.
• Works with Kafka, RabbitMQ, Redis, SQS, and webhooks.

Community

Join 8,447 developers using relaykit in production. Report bugs and feature requests on GitHub. Ask questions in our Discord community. Follow @relaykit on Twitter for updates.

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