Apache Flink
non-cncf
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Overview
An open-source distributed stream processing engine providing stateful computations over unbounded and bounded data streams with low latency.
Key Features
Event-driven stream processing with exactly-once state consistency guarantees.
Sub-millisecond latency with RocksDB state backend.
Advanced event-time watermarking and windowing.
Unified streaming and batch API across Java, Python, and SQL.
Use Cases
Real-time fraud detection, live telemetry processing, complex event processing, and streaming ETL.
Getting Started
Deploy using Flink Kubernetes Operator or start local cluster via `./bin/start-cluster.sh`.
Recent Updates
Flink 2.0 disaggregated state management and Flink CDC dynamic lakehouse ingestion.
Did You Know?
Apache Flink is widely utilized across the cloud native and open source ecosystem.