Confluent ksqlDB
Confluent ksqlDB is a purpose-built streaming database that enables real-time stream processing on Apache Kafka using a familiar SQL-like interface. It allows users to create continuous, event-driven applications and perform real-time ETL, analytics, and materialization of Kafka streams without…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2017
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- ksqlDB was created to simplify real-time stream processing for Apache Kafka, enabling developers and data analysts to build event-driven applications and perform continuous transformations or queries directly on Kafka data streams using a declarative SQL syntax, thereby bypassing the complexity of writing custom code in Java or Scala.
- Platforms
- macOS, Windows (via Docker or JVM), JVM (Java Virtual Machine), Linux
Related technologies
Notable users
- HelloFresh
- Expedia
- Netflix
- JPMorgan Chase
- Many enterprises leveraging Apache Kafka and Confluent Platform for real-time data processing across various industries like finance, retail, and IoT.