Kafka Playground — Interactive Apache Kafka Simulator

Build a Kafka cluster in your browser, watch messages flow across brokers and partitions in real time, then crash brokers, producers, and consumers mid-flight to see exactly how Apache Kafka behaves under failure — broker leader election, ISR shrink, consumer group rebalancing, and more. A free, interactive Kafka visualizer and hands-on tutorial for engineers, interview prep, and teaching Kafka concepts.

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