DNS & Networking Message Queue stable
Apache Kafka
Distributed event streaming platform
29.0K stars
Since 2020
Distributed event streaming platform
License
Apache-2.0
Min RAM
4 GB
Min CPUs
1 core
Scaling
single_node
Complexity
intermediate
Performance
medium
Self-hostable
✓
K8s native
✕
Offline
✕
Pricing
fully free
Docs quality
good
Vendor lock-in
none
Use cases
- ✓ Primary: event-streaming
- ✓ Primary: log-aggregation
- ✓ Primary: data-pipeline
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Replaces / alternatives to
Technical specs
Language
JavaScala
API type
REST
Protocols
HTTP
Deployment
dockerbinary
Community
GitHub stars 29.0K
Contributors 0
Commit frequency weekly
Plugin ecosystem none
Backing Apache Foundation
Funding foundation
Release
Latest version
— Last release —
Since 2020
Best fit
Team size
solosmallmediumenterprise
Industries
general