Bytewax

aid: bytewax
name: Bytewax
description: Bytewax is a Python-native distributed stream processing framework built on a Rust runtime. Developers define
  dataflows using the bytewax.dataflow API, composing operators (map, filter, reduce, joins, windowing) over connectors for
  Kafka, files, stdio, demos, and custom sources/sinks. The Bytewax Platform layers a self-hostable Kubernetes-based control
  plane on top, managed with the waxctl CLI and Helm chart, with deployment targets that include AWS, GCP, and the AWS Marketplace.
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/bytewax.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bytewax/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-05-23'
modified: '2026-05-23'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Stream Processing
- Python
- Dataflow
- Real-Time
- Kafka
- Windowing
- Connectors
- Distributed Systems
- Kubernetes
- Open Source
apis:
- aid: bytewax:python-library
  name: Bytewax Python Library
  description: Open-source Python library for building distributed stream processing dataflows. Provides bytewax.dataflow,
    bytewax.operators (including windowing), bytewax.inputs, bytewax.outputs, and a connectors package for Kafka, files, stdio,
    and demo sources.
  humanURL: https://docs.bytewax.io/api/index.html
  baseURL: https://pypi.org/project/bytewax/
  tags:
  - Python
  - Dataflow
  - Operators
  - Connectors
  - Windowing
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.bytewax.io/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://docs.bytewax.io/api/index.html
  - type: SDKs
    url: https://pypi.org/project/bytewax/
  - type: Repository
    url: https://github.com/bytewax/bytewax
- aid: bytewax:connectors
  name: Bytewax Connectors
  description: Built-in connector modules for integrating Bytewax dataflows with external systems, including Kafka (with operators
    and serialization submodules), files, stdio, and demo sources. Custom connectors are built on the inputs/outputs APIs.
  humanURL: https://docs.bytewax.io/api/index.html
  baseURL: https://docs.bytewax.io/api/index.html
  tags:
  - Connectors
  - Kafka
  - Files
  - IO
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.bytewax.io/api/index.html
- aid: bytewax:platform
  name: Bytewax Platform
  description: Self-hosted control plane for securely building, deploying, and scaling Bytewax workloads on Kubernetes. Managed
    through the waxctl CLI and Helm chart, with deployment options including AWS, GCP, and the AWS Marketplace.
  humanURL: https://bytewax.io/platform
  baseURL: https://platform.bytewax.io
  tags:
  - Platform
  - Kubernetes
  - Helm
  - waxctl
  - Deployment
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://platform.bytewax.io/
  - type: Marketing
    url: https://bytewax.io/platform
  - type: CLI
    url: https://bytewax.io/platform
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/bytewax-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://bytewax.io
- type: Portal
  url: https://docs.bytewax.io
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.bytewax.io
- type: Pricing
  url: https://bytewax.io/pricing
- type: Blog
  url: https://bytewax.io/blog
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/bytewax
- type: Repository
  url: https://github.com/bytewax/bytewax
- type: SDKs
  url: https://pypi.org/project/bytewax/
- type: Products
  url: https://bytewax.io/products
- type: Examples
  url: https://docs.bytewax.io/guide/getting-started/index.html
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://bytewax.io/terms-of-service
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://bytewax.io/privacy-policy
- type: Community
  url: https://bytewax.io/slack
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kinlane@gmail.com