Apache Kafka®
Apache Kafka® Documentation
Build streaming data pipelines and applications with the open-source distributed data streaming engine that thousands of companies use to power mission-critical operational and analytics use cases.
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Launch fully managed Kafka workloads in minutes across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
Stream data seamlessly between Apache Kafka® and external systems.
Produce and consume messages through Apache Kafka using official Confluent clients for Java, along with librdkafka and derived clients.
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Build event-driven applications and microservices that process and stream data directly within Kafka.
Programmatically produce, consume, stream, and administer data using dedicated Kafka APIs.
Manage topics, configure partitions, control services, and run core cluster operations directly from your terminal.
Unify and handle enterprise-scale real-time data feeds using a distributed event streaming architecture.
Configure and fine-tune every Apache Kafka broker, producer, and consumer parameter.
Track broker and client performance metrics using Java Management Extensions (JMX).
