# Apache Kafka

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/streaming/apache-kafka/  
**Provider:** Streaming — https://apis.io/providers/streaming/  
**Documentation:** https://kafka.apache.org

Apache Kafka is one of 21 APIs that [Streaming](https://apis.io/providers/streaming/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Streaming, Log, Open-Source, and Apache Software Foundation. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and a GitHub repository.

Distributed, partitioned, replicated log. The reference open-source streaming platform; durable, ordered topics with consumer groups, exactly -once semantics, and the de facto wire protocol for the streaming ecosystem. Native Kafka clients and a REST proxy expose the broker.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://kafka.apache.org/documentation/
- **GitHubRepository** — https://github.com/apache/kafka
- **Topic** — https://github.com/api-evangelist/apache-kafka
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/streaming/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Other Streaming APIs (12)

- [Apache Pulsar](https://apis.io/apis/streaming/apache-pulsar/)
- [Redpanda](https://apis.io/apis/streaming/redpanda/)
- [NATS JetStream](https://apis.io/apis/streaming/nats-jetstream/)
- [Amazon Kinesis](https://apis.io/apis/streaming/aws-kinesis/)
- [Google Cloud Pub/Sub and Dataflow](https://apis.io/apis/streaming/gcp-pubsub/)
- [Azure Event Hubs](https://apis.io/apis/streaming/azure-event-hubs/)
- [Confluent Cloud](https://apis.io/apis/streaming/confluent-cloud/)
- [StreamNative](https://apis.io/apis/streaming/streamnative/)
- [Server-Sent Events (SSE)](https://apis.io/apis/streaming/server-sent-events/)
- [WebSocket](https://apis.io/apis/streaming/websocket/)
- [gRPC Streaming](https://apis.io/apis/streaming/grpc-streaming/)
- [GraphQL Subscriptions](https://apis.io/apis/streaming/graphql-subscriptions/)

## Tags

Streaming, Log, Open-Source, Apache Software Foundation

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