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Apache Kafka vs Apache Pulsar

Apache Kafka has 33,125 GitHub stars vs 15,290 for Apache Pulsar.

GitHub API · captured 2026-07-07

Frequently asked questions

Which ships more often, Apache Kafka or Apache Pulsar?

In the 90 days before 2026-07-07, Apache Kafka published 0 releases and Apache Pulsar published 8.

Apache KafkaApache Pulsar
LicenseApache-2.0Apache-2.0
Latest version——
GitHub stars33,12515,290
GitHub forks15,3273,745
Open issues4361,693
Releases (90d)08
npm downloads (week)——

Sources: official APIs (GitHub, npm, PyPI, crates.io). Capture dates shown on each tool page. Missing value = the source does not publish it ("—", never estimated).