pulsar
The premium Open Source alternative to Amazon Kinesis
🎯 Best for:Enterprise-scale event streaming and pub-sub messaging
What is pulsar?
A cloud-native, distributed messaging and streaming platform designed for multi-tenancy and geo-replication. It utilizes a tiered architecture that separates compute from storage via Apache BookKeeper for independent scaling.
Tech Stack
JavaBackend & Auth
Why pulsar?
- • Native multi-tenancy support
- • Decoupled storage and compute
- • Built-in geo-replication
Limitations
- • High operational complexity
- • Requires ZooKeeper and BookKeeper
- • Steep learning curve
3/5/2026
Last Update
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Forks
1,661
Issues
Apache-2.0
License
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Competitor Cost
-$1,440
/ year (est. based on Amazon Kinesis)
Self-Hosted
$0
/ year
Team Size10 Users
150+
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