Hi Kafka folks, I'm happy to announce the 1.0 release of PyKafka <https://github.com/parsely/pykafka>, a new Python driver for Kafka!
This is an upgrade of an older library, named samsa, which was only compatible with Kafka 0.7.x. We've spent the last few months upgrading it to work with Kafka 0.8.2.1 and revamping the codebase to be cleaner and more efficient. The biggest difference between PyKafka and other Python drivers is the inclusion of a balanced consumer implementation. We implemented the same balancing algorithm as the Java driver and PyKafka handles consumer registration via Zookeeper like the Java driver. We at Parse.ly have been using this driver in production for a few weeks and are confident in its stability. Even so, we're looking to add more features over the next couple months and are always trying to find ways to improve performance. You can find the project on PyPI <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/pykafka/>, Github <https://github.com/parsely/pykafka> and our mailing list <https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21forum/pykafka-user>. We also wrote a blog post <http://blog.parsely.com/post/2006/announcing-pykafka-python-support-for-kafka-0-8-x/> with a bit more info. Cheers, Keith.
