obsidiandynamics/kafdrop
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Kafka Web UI observed · 2026-09-23
Health v2 · maintenance only
85/100
- Activity 96
- Release rhythm 61
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 314.0
- age_days: 2703
- days_rel: 50
- days_push: 29
- n_releases_24m: 3
Adoption not part of the score
6156 stars · 899 forks observed · 2026-09-23
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Kafdrop is a lightweight web UI for viewing Apache Kafka topics, brokers, consumer groups, and browsing messages. It runs on Spring Boot and can be deployed as a JAR, Docker container, or in Kubernetes.
Use cases
- inspect kafka topics and partitions in a browser
- browse kafka messages in json avro or protobuf
- monitor kafka consumer group lag
- view kafka broker and cluster status
- create kafka topics from a web ui
- debug kafka consumer offsets
- view kafka acls
When to choose
- you need a quick, lightweight read-only view into a Kafka cluster
- you want to inspect consumer group lag and per-partition offsets
- you deploy on Docker or Kubernetes and want a simple Kafka dashboard
- you need to view messages encoded as JSON, Avro, or Protobuf
When to avoid
- you need full Kafka cluster administration or management beyond basic topic creation
- you require a UI with heavy write/produce capabilities
- you need monitoring with alerting and metrics history rather than live inspection
Facets
application · maturity active
monitoring web-framework developer-tools developer-tools monitoring jvm self-hosted kafka-ui kafka consumer-groups message-browsing spring-boot event-streaming messaging devops docker kubernetes web-server
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/obsidiandynamics/kafdrop · fetched 2026-09-23 · a3eaf02c7694
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| obsidiandynamics/kafdrop | main | 85 |
For agents
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