Apache Kafka Open Sourced
LinkedIn open-sourced Apache Kafka, initially developed to handle its high-volume activity stream data. This laid the groundwork for its widespread adoption.
Significance
Made the foundational technology available to the global developer community, sparking its rapid growth and eventual industry dominance for event streaming.
Key facts
- Date
- 2011-01-01
- Type
- release
- Location
- Palo Alto, California, USA (LinkedIn)