Category Archives - Technical articles

Lightstreamer Kafka Connector 2.0: Connector-Managed Snapshot for Real-Time Streaming to the Web

For years, integrators have been asking us variations of the same question. “A new user opens the trading dashboard at 3pm. The event stream started at 9am. What does the user see first?” “A browser tab reconnects after a laptop lid closes for two hours. Does it get the current state, or just whatever happens next?” “The seat map on my booking page: does every new visitor really need to wait for the next update to know which seats are taken?”

Lightstreamer Helm Chart: Deploy Real-Time Streaming on Kubernetes

The Lightstreamer Helm Chart lets you deploy, configure, and scale the Lightstreamer Broker on Kubernetes through a single, declarative values.yaml file. Instead of hand-crafting Kubernetes manifests, you get reproducible configuration for TLS, health probes, rolling upgrades, horizontal scaling, adapters, and connectors — all managed by Helm and consistent across environments. This post walks through what the chart…

Streaming Kafka Topics to the Web at Scale: Now with Native Azure Support

Modern real-time architectures increasingly rely on cloud-managed streaming platforms.Yet, delivering Kafka data efficiently to browsers, mobile apps, and edge clients remains a complex challenge. With the 1.5.0 release of the Lightstreamer Kafka Connector, developers can now seamlessly integrate Kafka workloads running on Microsoft Azure and stream them to millions of concurrent clients in real time….

Kafka Load and Stress Testing Tool

Under the same test conditions, even on a modest server with 4 cores and 8 GiB of RAM, the Lightstreamer Kafka Connector demonstrated the ability to scale to hundreds of thousands of concurrent clients, significantly surpassing the scalability of direct connections to the Kafka broker.

🔥Introducing Lightstreamer Kafka Connector!

We are thrilled to announce the latest addition to the Lightstreamer family: the Lightstreamer Kafka Connector, now available to you at no additional cost! As many of you are aware, the Apache Kafka® platform is the industry standard for distributed event streaming, used by 80% of Fortune 100 companies. It excels in creating high-performance data…

Haxe and Statecharts: The Evolution of Lightstreamer SDKs

In the digital age, where information moves faster than ever, real-time data streaming has become a cornerstone of modern software development. From financial markets to social media feeds, the demand for live, up-to-the-second data is ubiquitous. Enter Lightstreamer: a robust server engineered to meet this demand by delivering real-time data to any Internet-connected device, anywhere…

Springing into Real-Time: Crafting a Lightstreamer Remote Adapter with Spring Boot

Spring Boot is an ideal framework for building stand-alone applications that implement remote adapters for Lightstreamer. There are several compelling reasons for choosing Spring Boot in this context: 1. Simplicity and Speed: Spring Boot simplifies the development process by providing a wide range of pre-configured templates, which significantly speeds up application setup and deployment. This is…

Lightstreamer 7.4.0 and New SDKs

We are thrilled to announce a momentous new release of Lightstreamer, encompassing both the Lightstreamer Server and all the Lightstreamer Client SDKs and Adapter SDKs. This significant update introduces groundbreaking features and improvements, enhancing the overall performance and functionality of Lightstreamer. Brand New Client SDKs Based on the Unified Client Model We have taken a…