Apache Kafka. A distributed streaming platform.
Publisher’s description
What is kafka?
kafka is an open-source live streaming program for Windows. It ranks 28th by popularity among live streaming in this catalogue.
Installation and requirements
Official installers exist for Any CPU as Portable. It runs without installation (portable).
Popularity and file types
The Chocolatey package has been downloaded 11,496 times. Similar programs include Sunshine, Streamlabs Desktop and Streamlink.
Pros / Cons
Pros
- Open source: the code can be inspected and built by anyone
- Portable: runs without installation
In short: kafka is an open-source live streaming tool for Any CPU PCs.
Is kafka safe to download?
- The file is served by downloads.apache.org, the publisher’s own domain
- The download link uses HTTPS
- No hash is published for this file
- The link has not been checked yet
- The source code is public
- ExeAtlas does not host, wrap or modify installers
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Recent versions
All 1 versions ›| Version | Date | Size | Files |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3.1Latest | — | Any CPU Portable |
Install from the command line
Silent install ›choco install kafka -yscoop install main/kafkaProgram files (.exe): connect-distributed.exe, connect-plugin-path.exe, connect-standalone.exe, kafka-acls.exe, kafka-broker-api-versions.exe, kafka-client-metrics.exe, kafka-cluster.exe, kafka-configs.exe, kafka-console-consumer.exe, kafka-console-producer.exe, kafka-console-share-consumer.exe, kafka-consumer-groups.exe, kafka-consumer-perf-test.exe, kafka-delegation-tokens.exe, kafka-delete-records.exe, kafka-dump-log.exe, kafka-e2e-latency.exe, kafka-features.exe, kafka-get-offsets.exe, kafka-groups.exe, kafka-jmx.exe, kafka-leader-election.exe, kafka-log-dirs.exe, kafka-metadata-quorum.exe, kafka-producer-perf-test.exe, kafka-reassign-partitions.exe, kafka-replica-verification.exe, kafka-run-class.exe, kafka-server-start.exe, kafka-server-stop.exe, kafka-share-consumer-perf-test.exe, kafka-share-groups.exe, kafka-storage.exe, kafka-streams-application-reset.exe, kafka-topics.exe, kafka-transactions.exe
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Also for other systems
brew install kafkaInformation
- Category
- Live streaming
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
- Price
- Free
- Source code
- github.com
- Requires
- Windows 11 / 10
- Architecture
- Any CPU
- Installer
- Portable
- Version
- 4.3.1
- Versions listed
- 1
- Chocolatey downloads
- 11,496
- Website
- kafka.apache.org
- Chocolatey package
- kafka
- Scoop package
- main/kafka
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Frequently asked questions
Is kafka free?
Yes. kafka is open-source software under the Apache-2.0 licence.
Is kafka safe to download?
The download comes from downloads.apache.org, which belongs to the publisher; ExeAtlas does not host or change the file.
Does kafka run on ARM (Windows on Arm)?
The installer is architecture-neutral.
Can I use kafka without administrator rights?
Yes, it is portable: unpack and run it.
What are alternatives to kafka?
Sunshine, Streamlabs Desktop, Streamlink, DistroAV and GPAC. The alternatives page compares them.
