From 04d5b41c6bfebb0a27513ae657869ac0ef8abc01 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Matias Fontanini Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2017 21:29:35 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Add a project description to README.md --- README.md | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 1c431b3..558ea46 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,7 +1,9 @@ -# cppkafka +# cppkafka: high level C++ wrapper for _rdkafka_ -High level C++ wrapper for _rdkafka_ ---- +_cppkafka_ allows C++ applications to consume and produce messages using the Apache Kafka +protocol. The library is built on top of [_librdkafka_](https://github.com/edenhill/librdkafka), +and provides a high level API that uses modern C++ features to make it easier to write code +while keeping the wrapper's performance overhead to a minimum. # Features