confluentinc/schema-registry
Confluent Schema Registry for Kafka observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
77/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases 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: n/a
- age_days: 4285
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2462 stars · 1159 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Confluent Schema Registry is a Java-based serving layer that stores and retrieves Avro, JSON Schema, and Protobuf schemas via a RESTful API, maintaining versioned schema history with configurable compatibility rules. It integrates with Apache Kafka clients through serializers/deserializers that handle schema storage and retrieval for message data.
Use cases
- manage and version avro schemas for kafka topics
- enforce schema compatibility rules when evolving event data
- serialize and deserialize kafka messages with avro, protobuf, or schemas
- store protobuf and schemas centrally for streaming pipelines
- validate producer and consumer schema compatibility in kafka
- expose a rest api for schema registration and lookup
- implement data governance and data contracts for kafka streams
When to choose
- you use Apache Kafka and need centralized schema management with compatibility enforcement
- your producers and consumers need Avro, Protobuf, or JSON Schema serialization wired into Kafka clients
- you require versioned schema history and safe schema evolution for event streaming pipelines
- you want a self-hosted or Confluent Cloud schema repository with a REST API
When to avoid
- you don't use Kafka or a compatible event streaming platform
- you only need lightweight schema validation without a centralized registry service
- you need a schema store for non-streaming use cases like database migrations
- you cannot operate a JVM-based service and don't want a managed cloud option
Facets
service · maturity active
serialization api-framework http-server database apis big-data developer-tools jvm self-hosted kafka schema-registry avro protobuf -schema schema-evolution data-governance rest-api confluent data-engineering streaming docker kubernetes web-server
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/confluentinc/schema-registry · fetched 2026-08-28 · f818357d4942
- homepage: https://docs.confluent.io/current/schema-registry/docs/index.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · ac2249a15f75
- site_page: https://docs.confluent.io/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · 8cc9d99272d2
- site_page: https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/get-started/platform-quickstart.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · d448cbf424c3
- site_page: https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/get-started/kafka-basics.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 7e88792e609b
- site_page: https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/get-started/docs-ai.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 59739dadc8a4
- site_page: https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/installation/index.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 29a27ef0a798
- site_page: https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/installation/overview.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3b38c288e103
- site_page: https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/installation/system-requirements.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · e23db270fcdf
- site_page: https://docs.confluent.io/platform/current/installation/versions-interoperability.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 108dd3cb3a80
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| confluentinc/schema-registry | main | 77 |
For agents
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