10 alternatives to apache/kafka
apache/kafka — Apache Kafka - A distributed event streaming platform (34,131 stars, Apache-2.0, infra, auth, analytics).
These are the closest projects in the JustClaw-It index that we serve licence-cleared code from, ranked by relevance and by our code-quality score (1–10, the mean over each repo's graded components: completeness, code quality, deployability, reusability, strategic value). JustClaw-It also serves 3,000 licence-cleared components from apache/kafka itself.
| # | Repo | Score | Licence | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dpkp/kafka-python | 6.0 | Apache-2.0 | 5,904 |
| 2 | provectus/kafka-ui | 7.6 | Apache-2.0 | 12,312 |
| 3 | aiven-open/karapace | 6.7 | Apache-2.0 | 641 |
| 4 | segmentio/kafka-go | 7.5 | MIT | 8,637 |
| 5 | strimzi/strimzi-kafka-operator | 4.9 | Apache-2.0 | 5,961 |
| 6 | strimzi/strimzi-kafka-bridge | 7.9 | Apache-2.0 | 345 |
| 7 | travisjeffery/jocko | 7.7 | MIT | 5,005 |
| 8 | lovoo/goka | 7.3 | BSD-3-Clause | 2,548 |
| 9 | ibm/sarama | 6.9 | MIT | 12,524 |
| 10 | softwaremill/kmq | 8.1 | Apache-2.0 | 342 |
The alternatives in detail
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Python client for Apache Kafkascore 6.0/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 5,904 stars · 208 components · search them
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Open-Source Web UI for Apache Kafka Managementscore 7.6/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 12,312 stars · 524 components · search them
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Karapace - Your Apache Kafka® essentials in one toolscore 6.7/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 641 stars · 145 components · search them
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Kafka library in Goscore 7.5/10 · MIT permissive · 8,637 stars · 153 components · search them
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Apache Kafka® running on Kubernetesscore 4.9/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 5,961 stars · 830 components · search them
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An HTTP bridge for Apache Kafka®score 7.9/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 345 stars · 48 components · search them
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Kafka implemented in Golang with built-in coordination (No ZK dep, single binary install, Cloud Native)score 7.7/10 · MIT permissive · 5,005 stars · 93 components · search them
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Goka is a compact yet powerful distributed stream processing library for Apache Kafka written in Go.score 7.3/10 · BSD-3-Clause permissive · 2,548 stars · 60 components · search them
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Sarama is a Go library for Apache Kafka.score 6.9/10 · MIT permissive · 12,524 stars · 166 components · search them
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Kafka-based message queuescore 8.1/10 · Apache-2.0 permissive · 342 stars · 15 components · search them
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