# ✍️ Getting Started with the KRaft Protocol

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**Created:** [31 August 2022 18:55 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/getting-started-with-the-kraft-protocol/5932 "2022-08-31T18:55:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [31 August 2022 18:55 UTC](https://forum.confluent.io/t/getting-started-with-the-kraft-protocol/5932/1 "2022-08-31T18:55:17Z")

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✨ There’s a new post on the [Confluent blog](https://confluent.io/blog). Here’s a snippet from it:

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Kafka Raft lets you use Apache Kafka without ZooKeeper by consolidating metadata management. Here’s how you can learn and do more with KRaft.

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**[👉 Head over to the blog to read the full article](https://www.confluent.io/blog/what-is-kraft-and-how-do-you-use-it/)**