# Kafka

Apache Kafka is an open-source distributed event streaming platform used by thousands of companies for high-performance data pipelines, streaming analytics, data integration, and mission-critical applications.

Visit the following resources to learn more:

- [@article@Apache Kafka quickstart](https://kafka.apache.org/quickstart)
- [@video@Apache Kafka Fundamentals](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5j3uNBH8X4)
- [@feed@Explore top posts about Kafka](https://app.daily.dev/tags/kafka?ref=roadmapsh)