Apache Kafka

Distributed event streaming platform

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 Kafka is a distributed event streaming platform capable of handling trillions of events a day, initially developed at LinkedIn.

Importance

  • Foundation for event-driven architectures
  • Powers real-time data pipelines
  • Critical for data streaming
  • Used by thousands of companies

Key Features

  • Distributed commit log
  • High throughput
  • Durable storage
  • Stream processing

Sustainability

Kafka is backed by Confluent with strong commercial support. The Apache project has active development and a large contributor base.

Dependencies

⬆️ Depends On (4)
OpenSSL 96
zlib 71
Linux Kernel 88
Apache ZooKeeper 67
Apache Kafka
unknown
⬇️ Used By (1)
Apache Flink 88

Dependency Chain

Upstream
OpenSSL → zlib → Linux Kernel → +1 more →
Apache Kafka
→ Apache Flink
Downstream

Impact Analysis

4 Direct Dependencies
1 Dependent Projects
🔗 Middleware project

⚠️ Impact Risk: Changes to Apache Kafka could affect 1 downstream project.

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