Apache Flink

Stream processing framework

88
Project is healthy
Funding
Stable
Maintenance
Active
Contributors
Healthy
Bus Factor
Low risk
Metrics last updated: 6 days ago (2026-02-07)

Overview

Apache Flink is a framework and distributed processing engine for stateful computations over unbounded and bounded data streams.

Importance

  • Leading stream processing framework
  • Powers real-time analytics
  • Foundation for event-driven applications
  • Critical for streaming workloads

Key Features

  • Event-time processing
  • Exactly-once semantics
  • Stateful computation
  • Low latency

Sustainability

Flink is an Apache Foundation project with strong backing from Alibaba and Ververica.

Dependencies

⬆️ Depends On (2)
Apache Flink
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Dependency Chain

Upstream
Apache Kafka Linux Kernel
Apache Flink

Impact Analysis

2 Direct Dependencies
0 Dependent Projects
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