Kafka

Lesson in the Backend Developer Roadmap · Stage 17: Message Brokers

Last updated 14 September 2026

What is Kafka?

Apache Kafka is a distributed event streaming platform for high-throughput, fault-tolerant data processing. Acts as message broker with publish/subscribe model. Features topics, partitions for parallel processing, and replication for fault tolerance. Ideal for real-time analytics and data integration.

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Can I learn Kafka in Hindi?

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Is this Kafka tutorial for beginners?

It is lesson 109 of 155 in the free Backend roadmap, in stage 17, Message Brokers. If you are new to Backend, start from stage 1 and come back here in order; if you already know the earlier stages, this lesson stands on its own.