aid: aklivity name: Aklivity description: >- Aklivity provides the Zilla multi-protocol edge and service proxy for event-driven architectures, enabling seamless integration between web apps, IoT clients, and microservices with Apache Kafka via declaratively defined, stateless APIs. Zilla supports HTTP, gRPC, MQTT, SSE, and WebSocket protocols, translating them to and from Kafka without custom code or connectors. The Zilla Platform adds enterprise governance, observability, and self-service access management for Kafka deployments. type: Index position: Consumer access: 3rd-Party image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg tags: - API Gateway - Apache Kafka - Event-Driven - IoT - Kafka Proxy - Multi-Protocol - Real-Time url: >- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/aklivity/refs/heads/main/apis.yml created: '2026-01-02' modified: '2026-04-19' specificationVersion: '0.19' apis: - aid: aklivity:zilla-gateway name: Zilla Gateway description: >- Zilla is a stateless, cloud-native multi-protocol edge and service proxy that enables seamless access to Apache Kafka through HTTP REST, gRPC, SSE, MQTT, and WebSocket protocols. Zilla eliminates the need for Kafka Connect, custom code, or separate MQTT brokers, translating client protocol requests directly to Kafka operations declaratively via YAML configuration or AsyncAPI specifications. humanURL: https://www.aklivity.io/ tags: - API Gateway - Apache Kafka - Event-Driven - Kafka Proxy - Multi-Protocol properties: - type: Documentation url: https://docs.aklivity.io/zilla/latest/ - type: GettingStarted url: https://docs.aklivity.io/zilla/latest/getting-started/quickstart/ - type: GitHubRepository url: https://github.com/aklivity/zilla - type: AsyncAPI url: https://docs.aklivity.io/zilla/latest/concepts/config/ - aid: aklivity:zilla-platform name: Zilla Platform description: >- The Zilla Platform adds an enterprise management layer on top of Zilla Gateway, providing API data products with versioning and rate limits, Kafka governance policies, a self-service developer portal with API key and certificate management, field-level encryption, PII classification, and unified observability across Kafka deployments. humanURL: https://www.aklivity.io/platform tags: - API Management - Developer Portal - Governance - Kafka Management - Observability properties: - type: Documentation url: https://docs.aklivity.io/ - type: GettingStarted url: https://docs.aklivity.io/ - aid: aklivity:zillabase name: ZillaBase description: >- ZillaBase is an event-driven backend framework for the next generation of web, mobile, and AI applications, built on top of Apache Kafka and Zilla to enable real-time, event-sourced application development. humanURL: https://github.com/aklivity/zillabase tags: - Backend Framework - Event-Driven - Real-Time properties: - type: Documentation url: https://docs.aklivity.io/ - type: GitHubRepository url: https://github.com/aklivity/zillabase common: - type: LinkedIn url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/aklivity - type: Website url: https://www.aklivity.io/ - type: Documentation url: https://docs.aklivity.io/zilla/latest/ - type: GettingStarted url: https://docs.aklivity.io/zilla/next/getting-started/quickstart/ - type: GitHubOrganization url: https://github.com/aklivity - type: GitHubRepository url: https://github.com/aklivity/zilla - type: Pricing url: https://www.aklivity.io/pricing - type: Features data: - name: Multi-Protocol Kafka Access description: >- Translates HTTP REST, gRPC, MQTT, SSE, and WebSocket protocols directly to Kafka topics without custom code, connectors, or middleware. - name: Declarative Configuration description: >- Define gateways and protocol mappings via YAML configuration or AsyncAPI specifications, then deploy with Docker, Helm, or native binaries. - name: JWT Authentication and TLS description: >- Built-in JWT token validation, TLS termination, and Kafka SASL support for securing API access to Kafka clusters. - name: Schema Validation description: >- SIMD-optimized runtime schema validation for JSON, Avro, and Protobuf via Confluent Schema Registry or AWS Glue Schema Registry. - name: Observability description: >- Metrics and logs exported to Prometheus and OpenTelemetry for unified visibility across Kafka API traffic. - name: Kafka Governance description: >- Topic naming policies, runtime enforcement, schema compliance rules, and API data product versioning with rate limits via Zilla Platform. - name: Self-Service Developer Portal description: >- API key and certificate management self-service portal for Kafka consumers and producers via Zilla Platform. - name: Field-Level Encryption description: >- PII classification and field-level encryption for sensitive data in Kafka messages via Zilla Platform. - type: UseCases data: - name: HTTP to Kafka REST API description: >- Expose Kafka topics as REST API endpoints, allowing any HTTP client to produce and consume Kafka messages without Kafka client libraries. - name: IoT MQTT to Kafka description: >- Connect IoT devices using MQTT protocol directly to Kafka topics, eliminating the need for a separate MQTT broker. - name: gRPC to Kafka description: >- Route gRPC calls from microservices to Kafka topics for event-driven inter-service communication. - name: Kafka Self-Service Platform description: >- Platform teams build internal developer portals for Kafka access with governance, rate limiting, and self-service API key management. - name: Event-Driven Partner Integration description: >- Enterprises expose Kafka event streams to external partners via secured, rate-limited REST or SSE APIs. - name: Financial Services Data Distribution description: >- Financial institutions distribute real-time market data and trade events via secured Kafka API gateways. - type: Integrations data: - name: Apache Kafka description: Core integration — Zilla acts as a multi-protocol proxy in front of any Kafka cluster - name: AWS MSK description: Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka integration with AWS-native security - name: Confluent Schema Registry description: Schema validation and enforcement using Confluent Schema Registry - name: AWS Glue Schema Registry description: Schema validation using AWS Glue Schema Registry - name: Prometheus description: Metrics export for monitoring Zilla gateway performance - name: OpenTelemetry description: Distributed tracing and observability via OpenTelemetry - name: AWS Secrets Manager description: Secure credential management for Kafka and TLS configurations - type: Integrations url: https://www.aklivity.io/partners integrations: - name: Aklivity maintainers: - FN: Kin Lane email: kin@apievangelist.com