Spring Cloud Stream

aid: spring-cloud-stream
name: Spring Cloud Stream
description: Spring Cloud Stream is a framework for building event-driven microservices connected with shared messaging systems.
  It provides a flexible programming model built on established Spring idioms and best practices, including support for persistent
  pub/sub semantics, consumer groups, and stateful partitions with Apache Kafka and RabbitMQ binders.
image: https://spring.io/img/projects/spring-cloud.svg
url: https://spring.io/projects/spring-cloud-stream
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-02'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Apache Kafka
- AsyncAPI
- Event-Driven
- Java
- Messaging
- Microservices
- RabbitMQ
- Spring Framework
- Stream Processing
apis:
- aid: spring-cloud-stream:spring-cloud-stream-core
  name: Spring Cloud Stream Core API
  description: Core programmatic API for building message-driven microservice applications. Provides functional programming
    model with java.util.function.Function, Consumer and Supplier bindings, binding lifecycle management, and integration
    with Spring Integration for message transformation and routing.
  humanURL: https://spring.io/projects/spring-cloud-stream
  baseURL: https://repo.spring.io/milestone/org/springframework/cloud/spring-cloud-stream
  tags:
  - Bindings
  - Consumer Groups
  - Event-Driven
  - Functional Programming
  - Messaging
  - Microservices
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-cloud-stream/docs/current/reference/html/
  - type: API Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-cloud-stream/docs/current/api/
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://spring.io/projects/spring-cloud-stream#learn
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-stream
  - type: Maven Repository
    url: https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework.cloud/spring-cloud-stream
  - type: Samples
    url: https://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-stream-samples
  - type: ReleaseNotes
    url: https://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-stream/releases
  - type: Issues
    url: https://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-stream/issues
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/spring-cloud-stream-binding-schema.json
  - type: JSONStructure
    url: json-structure/spring-cloud-stream-binding-structure.json
  - type: JSONLDContext
    url: json-ld/spring-cloud-stream-context.jsonld
- aid: spring-cloud-stream:spring-cloud-stream-kafka-binder
  name: Spring Cloud Stream Kafka Binder
  description: Apache Kafka binder for Spring Cloud Stream providing Kafka producer and consumer binding configuration, Kafka
    Streams support, partitioning, transaction management, error handling, and dead-letter queues.
  humanURL: https://docs.spring.io/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/docs/current/reference/html/
  baseURL: https://kafka.apache.org
  tags:
  - Apache Kafka
  - Binder
  - Event Streaming
  - Kafka Streams
  - Messaging
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka/docs/current/reference/html/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka
  - type: Maven Repository
    url: https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework.cloud/spring-cloud-stream-binder-kafka
- aid: spring-cloud-stream:spring-cloud-stream-rabbitmq-binder
  name: Spring Cloud Stream RabbitMQ Binder
  description: RabbitMQ binder for Spring Cloud Stream providing AMQP-based messaging with support for exchanges, queues,
    routing keys, dead-letter exchanges, consumer groups, and AMQP transaction management.
  humanURL: https://docs.spring.io/spring-cloud-stream-binder-rabbit/docs/current/reference/html/
  baseURL: https://www.rabbitmq.com
  tags:
  - AMQP
  - Binder
  - Messaging
  - RabbitMQ
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-cloud-stream-binder-rabbit/docs/current/reference/html/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-stream-binder-rabbit
  - type: Maven Repository
    url: https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.springframework.cloud/spring-cloud-stream-binder-rabbit
common:
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/spring-cloud-stream-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/spring-cloud-stream-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://spring.io/projects/spring-cloud-stream
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.spring.io/spring-cloud-stream/docs/current/reference/html/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-stream
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/spring-cloud
- type: Blog
  url: https://spring.io/blog/category/cloud
- type: StackOverflow
  url: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/spring-cloud-stream
- type: Support
  url: https://spring.io/support
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/spring-cloud-stream-vocabulary.yml
maintainers:
- FN: VMware Tanzu (Spring Team)
  email: spring-cloud@vmware.com
  url: https://spring.io/team