# Apache Kafka

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/kafka/  
**Website:** https://kafka.apache.org  
**APIs profiled:** 5

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.

## Kin Score — 30.1 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 30.1).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 48.9 |
| Governance | 13.6 |
| Contract Governance | 13.6 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 26.2 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

## Agent readiness — 19.7 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | derived |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Freemium — onboarding: unknown, pricing: freemium, trial: no (confidence: medium).

## APIs (5)

- **Kafka Producer API** — API for publishing streams of records to Kafka topics.
- **Kafka Consumer API** — API for subscribing to topics and processing streams of records.
- **Kafka Streams API** — API for building stream processing applications and microservices on top of Kafka.
- **Kafka Connect REST API** — REST API for integrating Kafka with external systems through connectors.
- **Kafka Admin API** — API for managing and inspecting topics, brokers, configurations, and ACLs.

## Security (2)

- **Kafka Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Kafka Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Kafka Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Distributed Systems, Event-Driven, Messaging, Real-Time, Streaming

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/kafka/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.