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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Installation

Install the latest version in seconds:

yarn add @org/relaykit@latest

Version 3.8.2 · Last updated 2026-05-28 · 4,475 downloads

Quick reference

• Building an event-driven microservice
• Getting started in 5 minutes
• Dead-letter queue and error recovery
• Writing integration tests

Why relaykit

• Works with Kafka, RabbitMQ, Redis, SQS, and webhooks.
• Built-in batching, retry logic, and circuit breakers.
• Zero dependencies; under 50 KB gzipped.
• Live metrics, tracing, and dead-letter queues.

Community

Join 2,379 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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