.. _cp-streams-ksql: |ksqldb| and |kstreams| ======================= Build applications and microservices using |kstreams| and |ksqldb|. |kstreams| is a client library for building applications and microservices, where the input and output data are stored in an |ak-tm| cluster. |ksqldb| is the streaming SQL engine for |ak| that you can use to perform stream processing tasks using SQL statements. .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 2 :titlesonly: ksqldb/index streams/index