# kafka

**Licence:** Apache-2.0 | **Language:** Java | **Source:** https://github.com/apache/kafka

## Role

Event streaming platform

## Why it's here

The backbone for real-time data. Durable, ordered logs that multiple consumers can read independently.

## Running it

Started by `docker compose up -d` on port 9092.

```bash
./fetch-sources.sh ./sources
tar xzf ./sources/kafka.tar.gz -C ./sources
```