1. Aiven Kafka UI Plugin for JetBrains
A lightweight and intuitive IDE-based UI for managing Kafka clusters.
Pros:
- Works directly inside your IDE
- Quick and easy cluster connection
- Great UI
- Easy to use with Aiven or Confluent Kafka
- Supports multiple clusters, secure access, topic management, consumer groups, partition assignments
- Reliable support
Cons:
- Limited advanced analytics features
- Feature set might lag behind dedicated UIs
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2. Provectus Kafka UI
An open-source lightweight web-based UI for managing Apache Kafka clusters.
Pros:
- Actively maintained with a large GitHub community
- Supports Avro, JSON, and Protobuf formats
- Multi-cluster management capabilities
Cons:
- Limited advanced analytics features
- May require additional configuration for complex setups
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3. Aiven Web Kafka UI
A web-based UI for managing Kafka clusters in Aiven’s console.
Pros:
- Quick and easy cluster connection
- Great UI
- Easy to use with Aiven or Confluent Kafka
- Multi-cluster management and secure access
- Reliable support
Cons:
- Limited advanced analytics features
- Feature set might lag behind dedicated UIs
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4. AQHQ
An open-source web-based UI for managing Kafka clusters.
Pros:
- Supports cluster management, topic operations, consumer group views, ACLs, and schema registry integration
- Multi-cluster support
Cons:
- UI can feel basic
- Lacks richer analytics and visualizations
- Performance may be limited on very large clusters
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5. Burrow
A monitoring tool focused on Kafka consumer lag and health.
Pros:
- Automatically computes consumer lag
- Provides HTTP endpoints for querying consumer group status
- Integrates well into alerting and monitoring pipelines
Cons:
- Not a full UI for topics or cluster administration.
- Limited to monitoring; requires pairing with other tools for full management.
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6. Aiven Kafka UI Plugin for VS Code
A lightweight and intuitive IDE-based UI for managing Kafka clusters.
Pros:
- Works directly inside your IDE
- Quick and easy cluster connection
- Great UI
- Easy to use with Aiven or Confluent Kafka
- Multi-cluster management and secure access
- Reliable support
Cons:
- Limited advanced analytics features
- Feature set might lag behind dedicated UIs
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7. CMAK
A web-based admin tool for managing Kafka clusters.
Pros:
- Mature and widely used
- Supports multiple clusters, topic management, consumer groups, partition assignments
- Functions like replica reassignments and leader election
Cons:
- UI is somewhat outdated
- May struggle with very large clusters
- Limited built-in security/auth features
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8. Kafdrop
A lightweight web UI for browsing Kafka topics and consumer groups.
Pros:
- Easy to deploy and use (Docker/Spring Boot)
- Supports SASL/TLS and Kubernetes deployment
- Good for browsing topics, partitions, and messages
Cons:
- Minimal administration features
- Lacks dashboards and analytics
- Scaling to very large clusters may require extra setup
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