# spotify/docker-kafka

Kafka (and Zookeeper) in Docker

Repository: https://github.com/spotify/docker-kafka
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/docker-kafka
Language: Shell
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-12-18T12:41:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4351, "days_push": 2450, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1382, forks 621 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:34.398764+00:00)

## What it is
Docker images that run Apache Kafka together with Zookeeper in a single container, plus an optional proxy image for mirroring data from legacy Kafka 7 clusters into Kafka 8. It removes the need to link separate Zookeeper containers or hosts.

## Use cases
- run kafka in docker for local development
- single-container kafka with zookeeper
- spin up a kafka broker quickly for testing
- migrate data from kafka 7 to kafka 8
- self-host a message queue in a container

## When to choose
- you need a quick, self-contained Kafka+Zookeeper setup for development or testing
- you must bridge a legacy Kafka 7 cluster into a dockerized Kafka 8

## When to avoid
- you need a production-grade, maintained Kafka image (last release 2019, project appears abandoned)
- you run modern Kafka versions that no longer require Zookeeper (KRaft mode)
- you need optimized startup time or multi-broker orchestration

## Facets
- artifact type: infra-config
- maturity: abandoned
- function: message-queue, container-runtime, developer-tools
- domain: microservices
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: kafka, zookeeper, docker-image, event-streaming, legacy-migration, messaging, devops, containers, docker, linux

## Member repositories
- spotify/docker-kafka (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:34.398764+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:40:08.332900+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/spotify/docker-kafka (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:34.398764+00:00, sha a1b8a674eb12)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.