Redpanda

aid: redpanda
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/redpanda/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Redpanda
kind: opensource
description: Redpanda is a Kafka API-compatible streaming data platform written in C++ with no JVM and no ZooKeeper, optimized
  for low latency and operational simplicity. The core broker (redpanda) is open source and available under the Business Source
  License 1.1, and a fully managed cloud service (Redpanda Cloud — Serverless, Dedicated, BYOC) is offered commercially. Redpanda
  Connect (formerly Benthos) provides stream processing. The platform exposes the Kafka wire protocol, an Admin API, a Schema
  Registry API, an HTTP Proxy (Pandaproxy), Kafka-compatible client APIs, and the Redpanda Cloud Control Plane and Data Plane
  APIs for managed deployments.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: false
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: low
  source:
  - plans
  - security
  generated: '2026-11-06'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/redpanda.png
x-docs-platform: bump
x-docs-platform-confidence: medium
x-docs-platform-checked: 2026-10-04
tags:
- Streaming
- Kafka
- Event Streaming
- Real-Time
- Data Platform
- Open Source
- C++
- Stream Processing
tags_raw:
- Streaming
- Kafka
- Event Streaming
- Real-Time
- Data Platform
- Open Source
- C++
- Stream Processing
- Open-Source
created: '2026-05-08'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: redpanda:redpanda-kafka-api
  name: Redpanda Kafka API
  tags:
  - Kafka
  - Wire Protocol
  - Producers
  - Consumers
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.redpanda.com/current/develop/kafka-clients/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://kafka.apache.org/protocol
    type: APIReference
  description: Redpanda implements the Apache Kafka wire protocol natively, allowing existing Kafka clients (producers, consumers,
    AdminClient, Streams, Connect) to work unchanged against Redpanda brokers on TCP port 9092 (or the cluster's configured
    Kafka API port).
- aid: redpanda:redpanda-admin-api
  name: Redpanda Admin API
  tags:
  - Admin
  - Cluster
  - Brokerage
  - Configuration
  tags_raw:
  - Admin
  - Cluster
  - Brokers
  - Configuration
  - Operations
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.redpanda.com/api/admin-api/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://docs.redpanda.com/current/reference/api-reference/admin-api/
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/redpanda-admin-cluster-openapi.json
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: openapi/redpanda-admin-broker-openapi.json
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: openapi/redpanda-admin-partition-openapi.json
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: openapi/redpanda-admin-debug-openapi.json
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: openapi/redpanda-admin-transform-openapi.json
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: openapi/redpanda-admin-usage-openapi.json
    type: OpenAPI
  description: The Redpanda Admin API is a built-in HTTP REST API (default port 9644) exposing cluster operations not covered
    by the Kafka protocol — broker membership, decommissioning, rebalance, license, debug bundle, configuration, leadership,
    security, and partitions.
- aid: redpanda:redpanda-schema-registry-api
  name: Redpanda Schema Registry API
  tags:
  - Schema Registry
  - Avro
  - JSON Schema
  - Protobuf
  tags_raw:
  - Schema Registry
  - Avro
  - JSON Schema
  - Protobuf
  - JSON-Schema
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.redpanda.com/current/manage/schema-reg/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://docs.redpanda.com/api/schema-registry-api/
    type: APIReference
  description: The Redpanda Schema Registry API is a Confluent-Schema-Registry-compatible REST API for managing Avro, JSON
    Schema, and Protobuf schema versions and subjects bound to topic events.
- aid: redpanda:redpanda-http-proxy-api
  name: Redpanda HTTP Proxy (Pandaproxy) API
  tags:
  - HTTP Proxy
  - REST
  - Producers
  - Consumers
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.redpanda.com/current/develop/http-proxy/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://docs.redpanda.com/api/pandaproxy/
    type: APIReference
  description: The Redpanda HTTP Proxy (Pandaproxy) provides a REST API for producing and consuming topic data without a Kafka
    client library, useful for environments where embedding a Kafka driver is impractical.
- aid: redpanda:redpanda-cloud-control-plane-api
  name: Redpanda Cloud Control Plane API
  tags:
  - Cloud
  - Control Plane
  - Cluster
  - Networks
  - Organization
  - Resource Groups
  tags_raw:
  - Cloud
  - Control Plane
  - Clusters
  - Networks
  - Organizations
  - Resource Groups
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.redpanda.com/redpanda-cloud/manage/api/
    type: Documentation
  description: The Redpanda Cloud Control Plane API manages organization-wide resources — clusters, networks, resource groups,
    users, and serverless namespaces — across the Redpanda Cloud (Serverless, Dedicated, BYOC) deployments.
- aid: redpanda:redpanda-cloud-data-plane-api
  name: Redpanda Cloud Data Plane API
  tags:
  - Cloud
  - Data Plane
  - Topic
  - ACL
  - User
  tags_raw:
  - Cloud
  - Data Plane
  - Topics
  - ACLs
  - Users
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.redpanda.com/redpanda-cloud/manage/api/
    type: Documentation
  description: The Redpanda Cloud Data Plane API manages in-cluster resources — topics, ACLs, RBAC, users, schema registry,
    and connectors — for an individual Redpanda Cloud cluster.
- aid: redpanda:redpanda-console-api
  name: Redpanda Console API
  tags:
  - Console
  - UI
  - Backend API
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.redpanda.com/current/manage/console/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://github.com/redpanda-data/console
    type: Source
  description: The Redpanda Console API powers the Redpanda Console UI (open-source) — topics, consumer groups, broker view,
    schema registry browsing, and ACL management — and can be called directly to embed Console functionality.
- aid: redpanda:redpanda-connect-api
  name: Redpanda Connect (Benthos) API
  tags:
  - Stream Processing
  - Connectors
  - Benthos
  - ETL
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.redpanda.com/redpanda-connect/about/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://github.com/redpanda-data/connect
    type: Source
  description: Redpanda Connect (formerly Benthos) is a declarative stream-processor exposing an HTTP API for managing pipelines,
    inputs, outputs, processors, and metrics — bridging Kafka, S3, databases, and HTTP sinks.
- aid: redpanda:redpanda-rpk-api
  name: Redpanda rpk CLI Surface
  tags:
  - CLI
  - rpk
  tags_raw:
  - CLI
  - rpk
  - Operations
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.redpanda.com/current/reference/rpk/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda
    type: Source
  description: rpk is the Redpanda command-line tool, wrapping the Kafka, Admin, Schema Registry, and Cloud APIs into operator-friendly
    commands for deployment, configuration, topic management, ACLs, and benchmarking.
- aid: redpanda:redpanda-iceberg-topic-api
  name: Redpanda Iceberg Topic API
  tags:
  - Iceberg
  - Lakehouse
  - Tiered Storage
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.redpanda.com/current/manage/iceberg/
    type: Documentation
  description: Redpanda Iceberg Topics expose topic data as Apache Iceberg tables in object storage, accessible from the Iceberg
    REST catalog and consumable by query engines like Spark, Trino, and Snowflake.
common:
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/redpanda-trust-center.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/redpanda-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/redpanda-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/redpanda-data
- type: Website
  url: https://redpanda.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.redpanda.com/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://docs.redpanda.com/api/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.redpanda.com/current/get-started/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.redpanda.com/pricing
- type: Signup
  url: https://cloud.redpanda.com/signup
- type: Login
  url: https://cloud.redpanda.com/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/redpanda-data
- type: Source
  url: https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda
- type: License
  url: https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/blob/dev/licenses/bsl.md
- type: Helm Charts
  url: https://github.com/redpanda-data/helm-charts
- type: Console
  url: https://github.com/redpanda-data/console
- type: Connect
  url: https://github.com/redpanda-data/connect
- type: Operator
  url: https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda-operator
- type: Examples
  url: https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda-examples
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.redpanda.com/
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.redpanda.com/blog
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://docs.redpanda.com/current/release-notes/
- type: Governance
  url: https://www.redpanda.com/about
- type: X (Twitter)
  url: https://x.com/redpandadata
- type: YouTube
  url: https://www.youtube.com/@RedpandaData
- type: Slack Community
  url: https://redpandacommunity.slack.com/
- type: rpk CLI
  url: https://docs.redpanda.com/current/reference/rpk/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/redpanda-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/redpanda-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/redpanda-finops.yml
- type: Integrations
  url: https://www.redpanda.com/partners
- name: MCP Server
  url: https://www.redpanda.com/blog/building-low-code-mcp-servers-in-redpanda-cloud
  type: MCPServer
- type: LlmsText
  url: https://docs.redpanda.com/llms.txt
integrations:
- name: Redpanda
- name: Snowflake
- name: Databricks
- name: Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- name: Fiveonefour
- name: TigerBeetle
- name: Akamai Technologies
- name: Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- name: Azure
- name: Cohere
- name: Wipro
- name: Accenture
- name: Ness
- name: EPAM
- name: TCS
- name: Slalom
- name: MongoDB
- name: Conduktor
- name: Ververica
- name: Atlan
- name: Converge
- name: Elastic
- name: Exafluence
- name: phData
- name: Pure Storage
- name: Starburst
- name: TinyBird
- name: Trace3
- name: Aerospike
- name: ClickHouse
- name: Cloud303
- name: Couchbase
- name: Datanised
- name: Decodable
- name: Delta Consulting
- name: DeltaStream
- name: DisruptX
- name: Dremio
- name: Firebolt
- name: Gravity9
- name: Hazelcast
- name: HiveMQ
- name: Imply
- name: IntVerse
- name: IT-Novum
- name: Lenses
- name: Mantel Group
- name: Materialize
- name: Metanet Global
- name: MindLabs
- name: Molo17
- name: Ockam
- name: One-Way Automation
- name: Onibex
- name: Orium
- name: Pandata Group
- name: Pinecone
- name: Platformatory
- name: PuppyGraph
- name: Qdrant
- name: REDspace
- name: RichIT
- name: Rock8
- name: ScyllaDB
- name: SingleStore
- name: Snowplow
- name: SSCI
- name: TechRom
- name: Teknologika
- name: TimePlus
- name: Timestamp
- name: Upbound
- name: VerticalServe
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com