# About the ksqlDB category

**URL:** <https://forum.confluent.io/t/about-the-ksqldb-category/19>\
**Category:** ksqlDB\
**Created:** [5 November 2020 15:41 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/about-the-ksqldb-category/19 "2020-11-05T15:41:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![rmoff](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.confluent.io/rmoff/32/3_2.png) [@rmoff](https://forum.confluent.io/u/rmoff)\
**Post date:** [5 November 2020 15:41 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/about-the-ksqldb-category/19/1 "2020-11-05T15:41:01Z")

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ksqlDB is the event streaming database purpose-built for stream processing applications. It’s available both as a managed service in Confluent Cloud, or you can run it yourself.