redpanda-data/redpanda
Redpanda is a streaming data platform for developers. Kafka API compatible. 10x faster. No ZooKeeper. No JVM! observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
94/100
- Activity 98
- Release rhythm 86
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_license
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 5.0
- age_days: 2130
- days_rel: 12
- days_push: 12
- n_releases_24m: 111
Adoption not part of the score
12486 stars · 785 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Redpanda is a Kafka API-compatible streaming data platform written in C++ on the Seastar framework, with no ZooKeeper or JVM dependency. It provides high-performance real-time event streaming, tiered storage, and an agentic data plane for governing AI agents.
Use cases
- replace kafka without zookeeper or jvm
- stream real-time events between microservices
- build event-driven data pipelines
- run a lightweight kafka-compatible message broker
- govern and audit ai agent access to data
- ingest high-throughput telemetry in real time
When to choose
- you need kafka API compatibility with simpler operations and lower latency
- you want to eliminate ZooKeeper and JVM operational overhead
- you need tiered storage for cost-effective long-term event retention
- you are building real-time or agentic AI data infrastructure
When to avoid
- you need a fully managed service and cannot self-host or use cloud offerings
- you rely on niche Kafka features or ecosystem tooling with strict version requirements
- you only need simple pub/sub without streaming semantics
Facets
service · maturity stable
message-queue streaming database api-framework microservices big-data self-hosted cloud cpp kafka-compatible event-streaming no-zookeeper no-jvm seastar tiered-storage rpk agentic-data-plane messaging data-engineering real-time ai-agents linux macos docker kubernetes
5 sources
- readme: https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda · fetched 2026-08-28 · 3bca68f5e1fb
- homepage: https://redpanda.com · fetched 2026-08-29 · 4b3a58e8da2a
- site_page: https://docs.redpanda.com/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · ef4b8c4fd806
- site_page: https://www.redpanda.com/about-us · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8f8a05d74054
- site_page: https://docs.redpanda.com/home · fetched 2026-08-29 · ef4b8c4fd806
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| redpanda-data/redpanda | main | 94 |
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