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# Releases of StarRocks Connector for Kafka

## Notifications[​](#notifications "Direct link to Notifications")

**User guide:** [Load data using Kafka connector](https://docs.starrocks.io/docs/loading/Kafka-connector-starrocks/)

**Source codes:** [starrocks-connector-for-kafka](https://github.com/StarRocks/starrocks-connector-for-kafka)

**Naming format of the compressed file:** `starrocks-kafka-connector-${connector_version}.tar.gz`

**Download link of the compressed file:** [starrocks-kafka-connector](https://github.com/StarRocks/starrocks-connector-for-kafka/releases)

**Version requirements:**

| Kafka Connector | StarRocks     | Java |
| --------------- | ------------- | ---- |
| 1.0.3           | 2.1 and later | 8    |
| 1.0.2           | 2.1 and later | 8    |
| 1.0.1           | 2.1 and later | 8    |
| 1.0.0           | 2.1 and later | 8    |

## Release notes[​](#release-notes "Direct link to Release notes")

### 1.0[​](#10 "Direct link to 1.0")

#### 1.0.3[​](#103 "Direct link to 1.0.3")

Release date: December 19, 2023

**Features**

Added Apache License as the open-source software license. [#9](https://github.com/StarRocks/starrocks-connector-for-kafka/pull/9)

#### 1.0.2[​](#102 "Direct link to 1.0.2")

Release date: December 14, 2023

**Features**

Supports the source data to be of DECIMAL type. [#7](https://github.com/StarRocks/starrocks-connector-for-kafka/pull/7)

#### 1.0.1[​](#101 "Direct link to 1.0.1")

Release date: November 28, 2023

**Features**

* Supports loading Debezium data into Primary Key tables. [#4](https://github.com/StarRocks/starrocks-connector-for-kafka/pull/4)
* Supports parsing JSON data without schema registry. [#6](https://github.com/StarRocks/starrocks-connector-for-kafka/pull/6)

#### 1.0.0[​](#100 "Direct link to 1.0.0")

Release date: June 25, 2023

**Features**

* Supports loading CSV, JSON, Avro, and Protobuf data.
* Supports loading data from a self-managed Apache Kafka cluster or Confluent cloud.