> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.trench.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Introduction

> Open source infrastructure for tracking events

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Trench is an event tracking system built on top of Apache Kafka and ClickHouse. It can handle large event volumes and provides real-time analytics. Our team built Trench to scale up the real-time event tracking pipeline at <a href="https://frigade.com?utm_source=github-trench-readme" target="_blank">Frigade</a>.

## Features

* 🤝 Compliant with the Segment API (Track, Group, Identify)
* 🐳 Deploy quickly with a single production-ready Docker image
* 💻 Process thousands of events per second on a single node
* ⚡ Query data in real-time
* 🔗 Connect data to other destinations with webhooks
* 👥 Open-source and MIT Licensed

## Getting Started

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