# tchiotludo/akhq

Kafka GUI for Apache Kafka to manage topics, topics data, consumers group, schema registry, connect and more...

Repository: https://github.com/tchiotludo/akhq
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/akhq
Homepage: https://akhq.io/
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: kafka, gui, java, kafkahq, kafka-ui, kafka-utils, kafka-tools
Last push: 2026-08-24T12:05:16+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 94/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 84, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2915, "days_push": 9, "days_rel": 27, "gap_med": 69.0, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3849, forks 789 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:24.217643+00:00)

## What it is
AKHQ is a web-based GUI for Apache Kafka that lets users manage and explore topics, browse topic data, monitor consumer groups and lag, and manage Schema Registry and Kafka Connect. It supports multi-cluster views, LDAP/OAuth authentication, and RBAC, deployable via Docker or Helm.

## Use cases
- browse and search messages inside kafka topics
- monitor kafka consumer group lag
- manage kafka topics and configurations from a web ui
- view and manage schema registry subjects
- inspect kafka connect cluster status
- administer kafka acls and users
- troubleshoot kafka clusters across multiple environments

## When to choose
- you need a self-hosted web ui to explore and administer kafka clusters
- you manage multiple kafka clusters and want a central console
- you need avro/protobuf deserialization and schema registry integration
- you want ldap, oauth, or rbac-secured kafka access for teams

## When to avoid
- you only need a lightweight cli for kafka scripting
- you want a desktop-native kafka client rather than a web server deployment
- you need a general-purpose message queue ui beyond kafka

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: gui, monitoring, search-engine, auth, authorization
- domain: developer-tools, monitoring, self-hosted
- platform: self-hosted, jvm
- tags: kafka, kafka-ui, schema-registry, kafka-connect, consumer-groups, topic-management, web-gui, messaging, devops, docker, web-server

## Member repositories
- tchiotludo/akhq (main) score 94

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:24.217643+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:25:59.361281+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tchiotludo/akhq (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:24.217643+00:00, sha b4a4a6cb1606)
  - homepage: https://akhq.io/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:20:37.384994+00:00, sha 9a0aa9f9bf1c)
  - site_page: https://akhq.io/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T09:20:37.393897+00:00, sha 1b453bd64148)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.