# Develop consumers with KCL
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You can use the Kinesis Client Library (KCL) to build consumer applications that process data from your Kinesis data streams.

KCL is available in multiple languages. This topic covers how to develop KCL consumers in Java and non-Java languages.
+ To view the Kinesis Client Library Javadoc reference, see the [Amazon Kinesis Client Library Javadoc](https://javadoc.io/doc/software.amazon.kinesis/amazon-kinesis-client/latest/index.html).
+ To download KCL for Java from GitHub, see [Amazon Kinesis Client Library for Java](https://github.com/awslabs/amazon-kinesis-client).
+ To locate the KCL for Java on Apache Maven, see the [KCL Maven Central Repository](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/software.amazon.kinesis/amazon-kinesis-client).

**Topics**
+ [Develop consumers with KCL in Java](develop-kcl-consumers-java.md)
+ [Develop consumers with KCL in non-Java languages](develop-kcl-consumers-non-java.md)