Pulsar Client Feature Matrix

To get more information on clients, see Pulsar Client Libraries.

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TLS encryption

Authentication

JWT

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Statistics

Proxy

Reconnection

Feature

Producer

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JSON

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KeyValue

Autoschema

Transaction

End-to-end encryption

Sync | Async Send

Feature

Consumer

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Subscription type

Subscription mode

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Feature

TableView

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Feature

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