ktea ☆
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Description:
Kafka TUI client
Type: Formula  |  Latest Version: 0.6.3@0  |  Tracked Since: Nov 9, 2025
Links: Homepage  |  formulae.brew.sh
Category: Developer tools
Tags: kafka tui cli messaging devops
Install: brew install ktea
About:
KTea is a terminal user interface (TUI) client designed for interacting with Apache Kafka clusters. It provides a real-time, keyboard-driven interface for monitoring consumer groups, inspecting topics, and viewing messages directly from the command line. This tool eliminates the need for a graphical interface, making it ideal for remote server administration and lightweight environments.
Key Features:
  • Real-time topic and message inspection
  • Consumer group lag monitoring and management
  • Keyboard-driven, lightweight TUI interface
  • Support for multiple Kafka cluster configurations
Use Cases:
  • Debugging consumer lag issues in production environments
  • Inspecting Kafka topic messages without a GUI
Alternatives:
  • kcat – kcat is primarily a CLI utility for producing and consuming messages, whereas KTea offers an interactive visual dashboard.
  • kafka-ui – kafka-ui is a web-based dashboard requiring significant resources, while KTea runs entirely in the terminal with minimal overhead.
Version History
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Nov 9, 2025 5:05pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 71ec66d1
Nov 8, 2025 11:06pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 5d4d6977
Nov 7, 2025 12:58pm 0 VERSION_BUMP 42fc4188
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