Available Channels

This is a non-exhaustive list of the available Channels for Knative Eventing.

Note

Inclusion in this list is not an endorsement, nor does it imply any level of support.

Name	Status	Support	Description
GCP PubSub	Proof of Concept	None	Channels are backed by GCP PubSub.
InMemoryChannel	Proof of Concept	None	In-memory channels are a best effort Channel. They should NOT be used in Production. They are useful for development.
KafkaChannel	Beta	None	Channels are backed by Apache Kafka topics.
NatssChannel	Proof of Concept	None	Channels are backed by NATS Streaming.
KafkaChannel - Consolidated	Deprecated	None	Channels are backed by Apache Kafka topics. The original Knative KafkaChannel implementation which utilizes a single combined Kafka Producer / Consumer deployment.
KafkaChannel - Distributed	Deprecated	None	Channels are backed by Apache Kafka topics. An alternate KafkaChannel implementation, contributed by SAP's Kyma project, which provides a more granular deployment of Producers / Consumers.