# Yolean/kubernetes-kafka

Kafka cluster as Kubernetes StatefulSet, plain manifests and config

Repository: https://github.com/Yolean/kubernetes-kafka
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kubernetes-kafka
Language: Shell
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-05-29T05:58:21+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3649, "days_push": 826, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1832, forks 714 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:42.332345+00:00)

## What it is
A collection of plain Kubernetes manifests and Kustomize overlays for running a Kafka cluster (with Zookeeper) as a StatefulSet. It requires only kubectl and is designed for small-scale, resilient, production-worthy Kafka deployments.

## Use cases
- deploy kafka on kubernetes without helm
- run kafka as a kubernetes statefulset
- kafka cluster manifests for kubectl apply
- kustomize overlays for kafka on gke aws or aks
- small-scale production kafka setup on kubernetes
- event-driven microservices platform on kubernetes
- scale kafka brokers down for dev environments

## When to choose
- you want plain kubectl-apply manifests instead of helm charts or operators
- you run Kafka at small scale and prioritize resilience over throughput
- you want to fork or kustomize broker config with minimal tooling

## When to avoid
- you need a managed or operator-driven Kafka with automated rebalancing and upgrades
- you require very high-throughput, large multi-broker clusters
- you prefer helm charts or a full Kafka operator ecosystem

## Facets
- artifact type: infra-config
- maturity: maintenance
- function: container-orchestration, message-queue, deployment, infrastructure-as-code
- domain: microservices, infrastructure-as-code
- platform: self-hosted, cloud
- tags: kafka, statefulset, kustomize, plain-manifests, zookeeper, event-streaming, no-helm, messaging, devops, containers, kubernetes, docker

## Member repositories
- Yolean/kubernetes-kafka (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:42.332345+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 2026-08-30T03:18:41.570790+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Yolean/kubernetes-kafka (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:42.332345+00:00, sha 400b74e9caf7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.