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Apache Kafka license, foundation and stars
Streaming · Apache 2.0 (open source) · Apache Software Foundation · backed by Confluent · 34,108 stars
Apache Kafka - A distributed event streaming platform
License history
LICENSE fileApache 2.0 No license change recorded since the repository was created in 2011.
Latest release
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About and history
- Repository
- apache/kafka · created Aug 15, 2011
- Website
- kafka.apache.org
- Language
- Java
- Foundation
- Apache Software Foundation, top-level project · source
- Company
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- GitHub detects
- Apache-2.0
- Stars per week
- 55 (GitHub weekly snapshots)
Weekly snapshots
| Week of | Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 2026 | 34,108 | |
| Oct 19, 2026 | 34,105 | |
| Oct 12, 2026 | 33,953 | |
| Sep 28, 2026 | 33,892 | |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 33,835 |