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Strimzi

Strimzi is a CNCF project providing a Kubernetes-native operator for running Apache Kafka on Kubernetes and OpenShift. It simplifies the deployment, management, scaling, and configuration of Kafka clusters using Kubernetes Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs). Strimzi manages the full Kafka ecosystem including brokers, ZooKeeper/KRaft, Kafka Connect, Kafka MirrorMaker 2, Kafka Bridge, and Schema Registry. The operator pattern lets teams declare desired Kafka topology via YAML manifests managed by Kubernetes.

Strimzi publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Consumer API, Producer API, Seek API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Kafka, Kubernetes, Messaging, Operator, and Streaming.

The Strimzi catalog on APIs.io includes 1 JSON-LD context and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.

Strimzi’s developer surface includes documentation, GitHub presence, engineering blog, changelog, and 10 more developer resources.

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40.4/100 thin ▼ -9.2 Agent 22/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemium
5 APIs
KafkaKubernetesMessagingOperatorStreaming

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 40.4/100 · thin
Contract Quality 14.4 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20
Commercial Clarity 7.9 / 20
Operational Transparency 6.8 / 13
Governance 7.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.5 / 10
Agent readiness — 22/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 5

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Strimzi Operator API

The Strimzi Operator API is expressed through Kubernetes Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs). Operators are controlled by creating and modifying Kafka, KafkaTopic, KafkaUser, Kaf...

Strimzi Consumer API

Endpoints for managing consumer groups and consuming messages from Kafka topics via HTTP long-polling.

Strimzi Producer API

Endpoints for producing (sending) messages to Kafka topics via HTTP. Supports JSON and binary message formats.

Strimzi Seek API

Endpoints for seeking consumer positions within topic partitions.

Strimzi Topics API

Endpoints for querying Kafka topic metadata including partition counts, offsets, and configuration.

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Strimzi Kafka Bridge REST API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Strimzi Plans Pricing

3 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Strimzi Rate Limits

5 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Strimzi Finops

FINOPS

Semantic Vocabularies 1

JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.

Strimzi Context

0 classes · 4 properties

JSON-LD

Spectral Rules 2

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

Strimzi API Rules

5 rules · 3 warnings 2 info

SPECTRAL

Strimzi API Rules

8 rules · 1 errors 4 warnings 3 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 1

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

Strimzi Kafka Custom Resource

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

JSON Structure 1

JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.

Strimzi Kafka Structure

0 properties

JSON STRUCTURE

Examples 2

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Strimzi Bridge Produce Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Strimzi Kafka Cluster Example

3 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Strimzi Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Strimzi Agentic Access

14 operations · 8 acting

14 operations · 8 acting

AGENTIC

Kubernetes CRDs 3

Kubernetes Custom Resource Definitions published by this provider.

kafka crd

CRD

kafkatopic crd

CRD

kafkauser crd

CRD

Resources

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation
 OpenAPI
OpenAPI
 JSONSchema
JSONSchema

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 1

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

JSONLDContext
JSONLDContext

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHub
GitHub

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Slack
Slack
 ChangeLog
ChangeLog

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Other 2

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Helm Chart
Helm Chart
 CNCF
CNCF

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: strimzi
name: Strimzi
description: Strimzi is a CNCF project providing a Kubernetes-native operator for running Apache Kafka on Kubernetes and OpenShift.
  It simplifies the deployment, management, scaling, and configuration of Kafka clusters using Kubernetes Custom Resource
  Definitions (CRDs). Strimzi manages the full Kafka ecosystem including brokers, ZooKeeper/KRaft, Kafka Connect, Kafka MirrorMaker
  2, Kafka Bridge, and Schema Registry. The operator pattern lets teams declare desired Kafka topology via YAML manifests
  managed by Kubernetes.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/strimzi/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Freemium
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://strimzi.io/images/logo/strimzi-logo.png
tags:
- Kafka
- Kubernetes
- Messaging
- Operator
- Streaming
type: Index
access: 3rd-Party
position: Consumer
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-19'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: strimzi:strimzi-operator-api
  name: Strimzi Operator API
  description: The Strimzi Operator API is expressed through Kubernetes Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs). Operators are
    controlled by creating and modifying Kafka, KafkaTopic, KafkaUser, KafkaConnect, KafkaMirrorMaker2, KafkaBridge, and related
    custom resources via the Kubernetes API. The Strimzi operator watches these resources and reconciles the actual cluster
    state to match the desired specification.
  humanURL: https://strimzi.io/docs/operators/latest/configuring.html
  tags:
  - Kafka
  - Kubernetes
  - Messaging
  - Operator
  - Streaming
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://strimzi.io/docs/operators/latest/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator
  - type: KubernetesCRD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/strimzi/refs/heads/main/crd/kafka-crd.yml
  - type: KubernetesCRD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/strimzi/refs/heads/main/crd/kafkatopic-crd.yml
  - type: KubernetesCRD
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/strimzi/refs/heads/main/crd/kafkauser-crd.yml
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/strimzi/refs/heads/main/json-schema/strimzi-kafka-schema.json
- aid: strimzi:strimzi-consumer-api
  name: Strimzi Consumer API
  description: Endpoints for managing consumer groups and consuming messages from Kafka topics via HTTP long-polling.
  humanURL: https://strimzi.io/docs/operators/latest/configuring.html
  baseURL: http://localhost:8080
  tags:
  - Consumer
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/strimzi-consumer-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://strimzi.io/docs/bridge/latest/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/strimzi/strimzi-kafka-bridge
- aid: strimzi:strimzi-producer-api
  name: Strimzi Producer API
  description: Endpoints for producing (sending) messages to Kafka topics via HTTP. Supports JSON and binary message formats.
  humanURL: https://strimzi.io/docs/operators/latest/configuring.html
  baseURL: http://localhost:8080
  tags:
  - Producer
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/strimzi-producer-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://strimzi.io/docs/bridge/latest/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/strimzi/strimzi-kafka-bridge
- aid: strimzi:strimzi-seek-api
  name: Strimzi Seek API
  description: Endpoints for seeking consumer positions within topic partitions.
  humanURL: https://strimzi.io/docs/operators/latest/configuring.html
  baseURL: http://localhost:8080
  tags:
  - Seek
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/strimzi-seek-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://strimzi.io/docs/bridge/latest/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/strimzi/strimzi-kafka-bridge
- aid: strimzi:strimzi-topics-api
  name: Strimzi Topics API
  description: Endpoints for querying Kafka topic metadata including partition counts, offsets, and configuration.
  humanURL: https://strimzi.io/docs/operators/latest/configuring.html
  baseURL: http://localhost:8080
  tags:
  - Topics
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/strimzi-topics-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://strimzi.io/docs/bridge/latest/
  - type: GitHub
    url: https://github.com/strimzi/strimzi-kafka-bridge
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/strimzi-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/strimzi-domain-security.yml
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/strimzi
- type: Website
  url: https://strimzi.io
- type: Documentation
  url: https://strimzi.io/docs/operators/latest/
- type: GitHub
  url: https://github.com/strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator
- type: Blog
  url: https://strimzi.io/blog/
- type: Helm Chart
  url: https://artifacthub.io/packages/helm/strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator
- type: Slack
  url: https://slack.cncf.io
- type: ChangeLog
  url: https://github.com/strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator/releases
- type: CNCF
  url: https://www.cncf.io/projects/strimzi/
- type: OpenAPI
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/strimzi/refs/heads/main/openapi/strimzi-kafka-bridge-openapi.yml
- type: JSONSchema
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/strimzi/refs/heads/main/json-schema/strimzi-kafka-schema.json
- type: JSONLDContext
  url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/strimzi/refs/heads/main/json-ld/strimzi-context.jsonld
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com