Installation

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Prerequisites

Go 1.25+ (for building from source)
No runtime dependencies — everything is compiled into one binary

Install

go install github.com/eventboat/eventboat/cmd/eventboat@latest

Verify:

eventboat help

You should see the help screen with 11 commands listed.

What’s in the binary

Component	Included
Engine (spool/settle/checkpoint)	✅
CLI (verify/test/run/trigger/jobs/explain/replay/repl/lsp/plugin/mcp)	✅
Built-in sources (kafka/http_server/cron/file/sql)	✅
Built-in sinks (kafka/http/file/drop)	✅
Built-in codecs (json/raw/csv/avro/protobuf)	✅
MCP server (15 tools)	✅
LSP (diagnostics/completion/hover)	✅
Admin REST + SSE + read-only UI	✅
OpenTelemetry (OTLP + Prometheus)	✅
SQLite storage (pure Go, no CGO)	✅

Next steps

Your First Pipeline

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The three-section format

Every Eventboat pipeline is a single YAML file with three top-level sections: sources, transforms, and sinks — connected by from edges.

apiVersion: eventboat/v3
kind: Pipeline
metadata: { name: my-first-pipeline }

sources:
 ingest:
 cron: { expression: "*/5 * * * *" } # every 5 minutes

transforms:
 hello:
 from: [ingest]
 script: |
 payload.greeting = "hello from eventboat"
 payload.timestamp = meta.ingest_time

sinks:
 console:
 from: [hello]
 drop: {} # discard (demo)

Verify (gate 1)

eventboat verify --config pipeline.yaml

Output: pipeline.yaml: 0 error(s), 0 warning(s)

Get Started on Eventboat