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obsidiandynamics/kafdrop

Kafka Web UI observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/obsidiandynamics/kafdrop · Java · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

68/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 9
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 233
  • age_days: 2655
  • days_rel: 398
  • days_push: 7
  • n_releases_24m: 2

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Adoption not part of the score

6153 stars · 898 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

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