📨 Apache Kafka Internals

Kafka is a distributed event streaming platform built around an append-only log. These visualizations help you understand partitioning, replication, and consumer group mechanics.

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Partitions & Offsets

The anatomy of a Kafka topic — and how to choose partition counts

Coming soon

ISR & Replication

In-sync replicas and durability guarantees

Coming soon

Log Compaction

Keeping the latest value per key