# danielqsj/kafka_exporter

Kafka exporter for Prometheus

Repository: https://github.com/danielqsj/kafka_exporter
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kafka_exporter
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: prometheus, prometheus-exporter, kafka, kafka-metrics, metrics
Last push: 2026-04-13T07:48:36+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 57/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 77, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3274, "days_push": 142, "days_rel": 562, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2536, forks 685 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:59.176076+00:00)

## What it is
A Prometheus exporter written in Go that exposes Apache Kafka metrics such as broker, topic, and consumer group statistics over HTTP. It is typically deployed as a Docker container or binary alongside Prometheus and Grafana for Kafka monitoring.

## Use cases
- monitor kafka cluster metrics with prometheus
- export kafka consumer group lag to prometheus
- track kafka topic and broker metrics
- set up grafana dashboards for kafka monitoring
- alert on kafka consumer lag
- scrape kafka metrics endpoint on port 9308

## When to choose
- you need Kafka consumer group lag and topic metrics in Prometheus
- you want a lightweight standalone exporter rather than JMX-based collection
- you run Kafka 0.10.1.0 or later and use Prometheus/Grafana

## When to avoid
- you need broker JVM or internal JMX metrics (use the JMX exporter instead)
- you don't use Prometheus or a Prometheus-compatible monitoring stack

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: monitoring, cli
- domain: monitoring
- platform: go, self-hosted, cli
- tags: prometheus-exporter, kafka, grafana, consumer-lag, apache-kafka, messaging, devops, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- danielqsj/kafka_exporter (main) score 57

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:59.176076+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 2026-08-30T02:25:13.438773+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/danielqsj/kafka_exporter (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:59.176076+00:00, sha 8b1239c26513)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.