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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 Kafka®.
Confluent Cloud
A fully-managed data streaming platform with a cloud-native Apache Kafka® 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 Flink® and AI and ML.
Confluent Tableflow
Represent Apache Kafka® topics as open table formats like Apache Iceberg™ 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
Featured Content
Get started with the fully-managed Confluent Cloud Quick Start or on-premises using the Confluent Platform ZIP and TAR installation.
Confluent Cloud Quick Start
Get started with quickly with a fully-managed data streaming platform
ZIP and TAR Installation
Install Confluent Platform on-premises using ZIP and TAR archive
Install Confluent CLI
Manage Confluent Platform and Cloud using the command-line interface
Confluent Platform Quick Start
Use your laptop to quickly get started with Confluent Platform on-premises
Get Started with Connect
Get started and learn the Kafka Connect basics
Cluster Types
Learn about the Kafka cluster types available in Confluent Cloud
Browse by Feature
Find the guides, examples, and tutorials for Confluent features, including the Kafka consumer or the Kafka CLI tools.
More Ways to Learn
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