# Pulsar

> Apache Pulsar

- Skill: `neuralblitz/pulsar-2` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add neuralblitz/pulsar-2`
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- Category: AI & ML
- Author: NeuralBlitz (https://skillmd.com/u/neuralblitz)
- Updated: 2026-09-22
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/neuralblitz/pulsar-2

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# Apache Pulsar

Pulsar is a distributed pub-sub messaging platform with built-in geo-replication, multi-tenancy, and persistent storage. It offers high performance and low latency.

## Key Concepts

- Topics and partitions
- Subscriptions (exclusive, shared, failover)
- Message retention
- Dead letter topics
- Pulsar Functions (serverless)

## Common Use Cases

- Real-time analytics
- Event-driven architectures
- Geo-replicated messaging
- Financial services
- IoT data ingestion

## Best Practices

- Design proper partition strategy
- Use appropriate subscriptions
- Configure retention policies
- Leverage Pulsar Functions
- Monitor bookie storage

## Resources

- Pulsar.apache.org: pulsar.apache.org/docs
- Related Skills: kafka, messaging, streaming