# conduktor/kafka-beginners-course

Apache Kafka Series - Learn Apache Kafka for Beginners v3

Repository: https://github.com/conduktor/kafka-beginners-course
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kafka-beginners-course
Homepage: https://links.datacumulus.com/apache-kafka-coupon
Language: Java
License Family: other
Last push: 2026-08-20T09:18:05+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2928, "days_push": 13, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1201, forks 1318 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:58.150249+00:00)

## What it is
A companion code repository for the 'Kafka for Beginners' Udemy course by Stephane Maarek/Conduktor, containing Java sample applications for Apache Kafka. It includes basic producer/consumer examples, a Wikimedia producer, an OpenSearch consumer, and a Kafka Streams sample application.

## Use cases
- learn apache kafka from scratch
- example java code for kafka producers and consumers
- understand kafka topics partitions and consumer groups
- build a kafka streams application example
- connect kafka to opensearch or elasticsearch
- set up a local kafka development environment
- learn kafka command line tools

## When to choose
- you are taking or considering the Kafka for Beginners course and want the accompanying code
- you want hands-on Java examples of Kafka producers, consumers, and Streams
- you are a beginner learning event streaming fundamentals

## When to avoid
- you need production-ready Kafka client code rather than educational samples
- you want a Kafka client library or framework to embed in your project
- you need a maintained library with a license and releases - this is course material without a license

## Facets
- artifact type: learning-resource
- maturity: active
- function: streaming, developer-tools
- domain: big-data, tutorials, developer-tools
- platform: jvm
- tags: apache-kafka, kafka-streams, kafka-connect, producer-consumer, udemy-course, sample-code, opensearch, event-streaming, data-engineering, docker

## Member repositories
- conduktor/kafka-beginners-course (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:58.150249+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 2026-08-30T06:20:40.287775+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/conduktor/kafka-beginners-course (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:58.150249+00:00, sha 9f8c8f94f0f2)
  - homepage: https://links.datacumulus.com/apache-kafka-coupon (fetched 2026-08-29T12:27:45.369527+00:00, sha 72f671c0f95c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.