From 7e61c449a3fd515cb84d27fbe78a1834a8e614c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rafia minhaj Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2025 14:42:31 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] docs: improve Apache Kafka homepage introduction --- content/en/_index.md | 120 +++++++++++++++++++------------------------ 1 file changed, 52 insertions(+), 68 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/en/_index.md b/content/en/_index.md index 7fc8193f4a..ca787d113c 100644 --- a/content/en/_index.md +++ b/content/en/_index.md @@ -22,53 +22,42 @@ title: Apache Kafka {{% blocks/cover image_anchor="top" height="full" color="primary" %}} {{< figure src="/logos/kafka-logo-tall.png" >}} -}}"> - Learn More - - - Download - +}}"> Learn More + + Download + +

More than 80% of all Fortune 100 companies trust, and use Apache Kafka.

{{< blocks/link-down color="black" >}} {{% /blocks/cover %}} - - {{% blocks/lead color="white" %}} # Apache Kafka -Apache Kafka is an open-source distributed event streaming platform used by thousands of companies for high-performance data pipelines, streaming analytics, data integration, and mission-critical applications. - - +Apache Kafka is an open-source distributed event streaming platform used by +thousands of companies for high-performance data pipelines, streaming analytics, +data integration, and mission-critical applications. {{% /blocks/lead %}} {{< blocks/section color="dark" type="row" >}} -{{% blocks/feature icon="fa-solid fa-industry" title="Manufacturing" %}} -**10 OUT OF 10** -{{% /blocks/feature %}} -{{% blocks/feature icon="fa-solid fa-building-columns" title="Banks" %}} -**7 OUT OF 10** -{{% /blocks/feature %}} -{{% blocks/feature icon="fa-solid fa-house-crack" title="Insurance" %}} -**10 OUT OF 10** -{{% /blocks/feature %}} - - - -{{% blocks/feature icon="fa-solid fa-tower-cell" title="Telecom" %}} -**8 OUT OF 10** -{{% /blocks/feature %}} -{{% blocks/feature icon="fa-solid fa-plane" title="Transportation" %}} -**8 OUT OF 10** -{{% /blocks/feature %}} +{{% blocks/feature icon="fa-solid fa-industry" title="Manufacturing" %}} **10 +OUT OF 10** {{% /blocks/feature %}} +{{% blocks/feature icon="fa-solid fa-building-columns" title="Banks" %}} **7 OUT +OF 10** {{% /blocks/feature %}} +{{% blocks/feature icon="fa-solid fa-house-crack" title="Insurance" %}} **10 OUT +OF 10** {{% /blocks/feature %}} + +{{% blocks/feature icon="fa-solid fa-tower-cell" title="Telecom" %}} **8 OUT OF +10** {{% /blocks/feature %}} +{{% blocks/feature icon="fa-solid fa-plane" title="Transportation" %}} **8 OUT +OF 10** {{% /blocks/feature %}} {{% blocks/feature icon="fa-solid fa-lightbulb" title="Energy and Utilities" %}} -**10 OUT OF 10** -{{% /blocks/feature %}} - +**10 OUT OF 10** {{% /blocks/feature %}}

Above is a snapshot of the number of top-ten largest companies using Kafka, per-industry. @@ -79,81 +68,76 @@ Apache Kafka is an open-source distributed event streaming platform used by thou {{< /blocks/section >}} - {{% blocks/lead color="white" %}} # Core capabilities -Kafka boasts core capabilities that are battle tested and ready to power businesses in the digital world. - +Kafka boasts core capabilities that are battle tested and ready to power +businesses in the digital world. {{% /blocks/lead %}} - {{% blocks/section color="dark" type="row" %}} {{% blocks/feature icon="fa-solid fa-gauge-high" title="High Throughput" %}} -Deliver messages at network limited throughput using a cluster of machines with latencies as low as 2ms. -{{% /blocks/feature %}} +Deliver messages at network limited throughput using a cluster of machines with +latencies as low as 2ms. {{% /blocks/feature %}} -{{% blocks/feature icon="fa-solid fa-maximize" title="Scalable" %}} -Scale production clusters up to a thousand brokers, trillions of messages per day, petabytes of data, hundreds of thousands of partitions. Elastically expand and contract storage and processing. -{{% /blocks/feature %}} +{{% blocks/feature icon="fa-solid fa-maximize" title="Scalable" %}} Scale +production clusters up to a thousand brokers, trillions of messages per day, +petabytes of data, hundreds of thousands of partitions. Elastically expand and +contract storage and processing. {{% /blocks/feature %}} {{% blocks/feature icon="fa-solid fa-hard-drive" title="Permanent Storage" %}} -Store streams of data safely in a distributed, durable, fault-tolerant cluster. +Store streams of data safely in a distributed, durable, fault-tolerant cluster. {{% /blocks/feature %}} {{% blocks/feature icon="fa-solid fa-clone" title="High Availability" %}} -Stretch clusters efficiently over availability zones or connect separate clusters across geographic regions. -{{% /blocks/feature %}} - +Stretch clusters efficiently over availability zones or connect separate +clusters across geographic regions. {{% /blocks/feature %}} {{% blocks/feature icon="fa-solid fa-wave-square" title="Built-in Stream Processing" %}} -Process streams of events with joins, aggregations, filters, transformations, and more, using event-time and exactly-once processing. -{{% /blocks/feature %}} +Process streams of events with joins, aggregations, filters, transformations, +and more, using event-time and exactly-once processing. {{% /blocks/feature %}} {{% blocks/feature icon="fa-solid fa-plug" title="Connect to almost anything" %}} -Kafka's out-of-the-box Connect interface integrates with hundreds of event sources and event sinks including Postgres, JMS, Elasticsearch, AWS S3, and more. -{{% /blocks/feature %}} -{{% /blocks/section %}} - +Kafka's out-of-the-box Connect interface integrates with hundreds of event +sources and event sinks including Postgres, JMS, Elasticsearch, AWS S3, and +more. {{% /blocks/feature %}} {{% /blocks/section %}} {{% blocks/lead color="white" %}} # Trust and Ease of Use -Kafka is simple to use and is trusted by thousands of organizations around the world. - - +Kafka is simple to use and is trusted by thousands of organizations around the +world. {{% /blocks/lead %}} - {{% blocks/section type="row" color="dark" %}} {{% blocks/feature icon="fa-solid fa-heart-pulse" title="Mission Critical" %}} -Support mission-critical use cases with guaranteed ordering, zero message loss, and efficient exactly-once processing. -{{% /blocks/feature %}} +Support mission-critical use cases with guaranteed ordering, zero message loss, +and efficient exactly-once processing. {{% /blocks/feature %}} {{% blocks/feature icon="fa-solid fa-stamp" title="Trusted By Thousands of Orgs" %}} -Thousands of organizations use Kafka, from internet giants to car manufacturers to stock exchanges. More than 5 million unique lifetime downloads. +Thousands of organizations use Kafka, from internet giants to car manufacturers +to stock exchanges. More than 5 million unique lifetime downloads. {{% /blocks/feature %}} {{% blocks/feature icon="fa-solid fa-people-group" title="Vast User Community" %}} -Kafka is one of the five most active projects of the Apache Software Foundation, with hundreds of meetups around the world. -{{% /blocks/feature %}} +Kafka is one of the five most active projects of the Apache Software Foundation, +with hundreds of meetups around the world. {{% /blocks/feature %}} -{{% blocks/feature icon="fa-solid fa-code" title="Client Libraries" %}} -Read, write and process streams of events in a vast array of programming languages. +{{% blocks/feature icon="fa-solid fa-code" title="Client Libraries" %}} Read, +write and process streams of events in a vast array of programming languages. {{% /blocks/feature %}} {{% blocks/feature icon="fa-solid fa-globe" title="Rich Online Resources" %}} -Rich documentation, online training, guided tutorials, videos, sample projects, Stack overflow, etc. -{{% /blocks/feature %}} +Rich documentation, online training, guided tutorials, videos, sample projects, +Stack overflow, etc. {{% /blocks/feature %}} {{% blocks/feature icon="fa-solid fa-toolbox" title="Large Ecosystem Open Source Tools" %}} -Large ecosystem of open source tools: Leverage a vast array of community-driven tooling. -{{% /blocks/feature %}} +Large ecosystem of open source tools: Leverage a vast array of community-driven +tooling. {{% /blocks/feature %}} - -{{% /blocks/section %}} \ No newline at end of file +{{% /blocks/section %}} From 98d5d605041be370b0870c2318b71b025eee54ce Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rafia minhaj Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2025 14:59:20 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] docs: add description to Kafka homepage --- content/en/_index.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/content/en/_index.md b/content/en/_index.md index ca787d113c..1d4c7c0623 100644 --- a/content/en/_index.md +++ b/content/en/_index.md @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ --- title: Apache Kafka +description: + Apache Kafka is a distributed event streaming platform used worldwide. ---