Best Kafka Courses

Comprehensive free Kafka course covering producers, consumers, topics, partitions, consumer groups, and real-world integration patterns.

Stephane Maarek is the most recognized Kafka instructor — his courses are used by Kafka teams at major companies. Start here for structured learning.

The fastest way to understand what Kafka does and why it exists before diving into a course.

Comprehensive free Kafka course covering producers, consumers, topics, partitions, consumer groups, and real-world integration patterns.

Stephane Maarek is the most recognized Kafka instructor — his courses are used by Kafka teams at major companies. Start here for structured learning.

Kafka Streams is required for real-time data processing roles. Stephane's streams course covers stateless and stateful processing, windowing, and joins.