# Redpanda - Kafka compatible event streaming platform

**URL:** <https://forum.devtalk.com/t/redpanda-kafka-compatible-event-streaming-platform/9945>\
**Category:** General Dev Chat\
**Tags:** kafka, streaming, database\
**Created:** [26 May 2021 23:05 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/redpanda-kafka-compatible-event-streaming-platform/9945 "2021-05-26T23:05:02Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Exadra37](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/exadra37/32/683_2.png) [@Exadra37](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/Exadra37)\
**Post date:** [26 May 2021 23:05 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/redpanda-kafka-compatible-event-streaming-platform/9945/1 "2021-05-26T23:05:02Z")

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> **[Redpanda | The streaming data platform for developers](https://redpanda.com/)**
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> Redpanda is a powerful, yet simple, and cost-efficient streaming data platform that is compatible with Kafka® APIs while eliminating Kafka complexity.

> ## A modern streaming platform for mission critical workloads
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> Redpanda is a Kafka® compatible event streaming platform. No Zookeeper®, no JVM, and no code changes required. Use all your favorite open source tooling.

They claim to be 100% Kafka compatible.

And its Open Source:

> **[GitHub - redpanda-data/redpanda: Redpanda is a streaming data platform for...](https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda)**
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> Redpanda is a streaming data platform for developers. Kafka API compatible. 10x faster. No ZooKeeper. No JVM! - GitHub - redpanda-data/redpanda: Redpanda is a streaming data platform for developers...

And its available now as a 1 Click App in the Digital Ocean marketplace:

[https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/redpanda](https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/redpanda)

Anyone using it in production?

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**Author:** ![dimitarvp](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/dimitarvp/32/5599_2.png) [@dimitarvp](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/dimitarvp)\
**Post date:** [26 May 2021 23:14 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/redpanda-kafka-compatible-event-streaming-platform/9945/2 "2021-05-26T23:14:26Z")

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No, but I’ve only read good things about it and I am looking for an excuse to use it.

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**Author:** ![dwaynebradley](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/dwaynebradley/32/2741_2.png) [@dwaynebradley](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/dwaynebradley)\
**Post date:** [27 May 2021 00:21 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/redpanda-kafka-compatible-event-streaming-platform/9945/4 "2021-05-27T00:21:43Z")

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“Inline WASM transforms”…wonder what I could do with that? 🤔

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**Author:** ![senior7515](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/senior7515/32/2863_2.png) [@senior7515](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/senior7515)\
**Post date:** [27 May 2021 17:02 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/redpanda-kafka-compatible-event-streaming-platform/9945/5 "2021-05-27T17:02:45Z")

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let me know if you run into anything.

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**Author:** ![senior7515](https://forum.devtalk.com/user_avatar/forum.devtalk.com/senior7515/32/2863_2.png) [@senior7515](https://forum.devtalk.com/u/senior7515)\
**Post date:** [27 May 2021 17:03 UTC](https://forum.devtalk.com/t/redpanda-kafka-compatible-event-streaming-platform/9945/6 "2021-05-27T17:03:21Z")

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one interesting use case was reprogrammable IoT - you just ship Wasm/JS to the device from a command+control center