Apache Kafka

aid: kafka
name: Apache Kafka
description: Apache Kafka is a distributed event streaming platform for high-performance data pipelines, streaming analytics,
  data integration, and mission-critical applications. It provides high-throughput, fault-tolerant, publish-subscribe messaging.
type: Index
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Distributed Systems
- Event Driven
- Messaging
- Real-Time
- Streaming
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kafka/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-30'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: kafka:producer-api
  name: Kafka Producer API
  description: API for publishing streams of records to Kafka topics.
  humanURL: https://kafka.apache.org/documentation/#producerapi
  tags:
  - Messaging
  - Producer
  - Streaming
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://kafka.apache.org/documentation/#producerapi
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kafka/refs/heads/main/asyncapi/kafka-asyncapi.yml
- aid: kafka:consumer-api
  name: Kafka Consumer API
  description: API for subscribing to topics and processing streams of records.
  humanURL: https://kafka.apache.org/documentation/#consumerapi
  tags:
  - Consumer
  - Messaging
  - Streaming
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://kafka.apache.org/documentation/#consumerapi
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kafka/refs/heads/main/asyncapi/kafka-asyncapi.yml
- aid: kafka:streams-api
  name: Kafka Streams API
  description: API for building stream processing applications and microservices on top of Kafka.
  humanURL: https://kafka.apache.org/documentation/streams/
  tags:
  - Processing
  - Streaming
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://kafka.apache.org/documentation/streams/
- aid: kafka:connect-api
  name: Kafka Connect REST API
  description: REST API for integrating Kafka with external systems through connectors.
  humanURL: https://kafka.apache.org/documentation/#connect
  baseURL: http://localhost:8083
  tags:
  - Connectors
  - Integration
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://kafka.apache.org/documentation/#connect_rest
- aid: kafka:admin-api
  name: Kafka Admin API
  description: API for managing and inspecting topics, brokers, configurations, and ACLs.
  humanURL: https://kafka.apache.org/documentation/#adminapi
  tags:
  - Administration
  - Management
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://kafka.apache.org/documentation/#adminapi
common:
- type: AsyncAPI
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/kafka/refs/heads/main/asyncapi/kafka-asyncapi.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/apachekafka
- type: Website
  url: https://kafka.apache.org
- type: Documentation
  url: https://kafka.apache.org/documentation/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://kafka.apache.org/quickstart
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/apache/kafka
- type: Blog
  url: https://kafka.apache.org/blog
- type: Community
  url: https://kafka.apache.org/contact
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com