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Confluent Documentation
Find the guides, samples, tutorials, API, and CLI reference to get started with the streaming data platform based on Apache KafkaÂŪ.
Confluent Cloud
A fully-managed data streaming platform with a cloud-native Apache KafkaÂŪ engine for elastic scaling, enterprise-grade security, stream processing, and governance.
Confluent Platform
An enterprise-grade distribution of Apache Kafka available on-premises as self-managed software, with enterprise-grade security, stream processing, and governance.
Apache Kafka
An open-source distributed data streaming engine used by thousands of companies to build streaming data pipelines and applications, powering mission-critical operational and analytics use cases.
What's New
Try out the latest data streaming platform features, including Confluent Cloud for Apache FlinkÂŪ and AI and ML.
Confluent Tableflow
Represent Apache KafkaÂŪ topics as open table formats like Apache IcebergâĒ and Delta Lake
Confluent Cloud for Apache Flink
A cloud-native, serverless service for Apache Flink that enables simple, scalable, and secure stream processing that integrates seamlessly with Kafka
AI and ML
Use AI functions, interfaces, and tools to build agentic workflows, query real-time data, manage Confluent Cloud resources, and build streaming applications
Release Notes for Confluent Cloud
Discover the latest features
Confluent Cloud APIs
Use the API to manage your deployment
Unified Stream Manager
Centrally manage and monitor your hybrid Confluent environments from Confluent Cloud
