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kafkaesque: A lightweight Kafka observability tool and monitoring system

For when you need to inspect Kafka consumer group lag.

Inspect Kafka cluster health, consumer lag, and topics for developers and operators using a dedicated, read-only monitoring interface.

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Who it's forDevelopers and operators monitoring Kafka cluster health and partition lag
Works onLinux AMD64 and ARM64 containers, Go binary
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What it does

Read-only web dashboard

Displays connection status, cluster totals, external topic throughput, and consumer group activity.

“Dashboard for connection status, cluster totals, external-topic throughput, topic-to-consumer flow, and dead resources.”

Slack lag alerts

Sends notifications to Slack when consumer partition lag crosses configurable average or maximum thresholds.

“Named alerts with average or maximum partition-lag thresholds.”

Standalone CLI

Allows inspecting Kafka resources directly from the command line without needing a database.

“Text or JSON CLI output with in-place watch mode.”

PostgreSQL RBAC storage

Stores application accounts, user sessions, roles, permissions, and alert configurations securely.

“PostgreSQL is used only for application accounts, sessions, roles, permissions, and alert subscriptions—not Kafka messages or historical metrics.”

What kafkaesque doesn't do

  • It doesn't produce messages or modify Kafka resources.
  • It doesn't store Kafka messages or historical metrics in PostgreSQL.
  • It doesn't require a Node.js runtime to serve the web UI.

Guides and pages

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Questions people ask

4 answers, each tied to a line on github.com.

Does Kafkaesque modify any Kafka cluster resources?

No, Kafkaesque is a read-only tool and does not produce messages or alter Kafka resources.

Source: github.com
What database is required to run the Kafkaesque web application?

Kafkaesque requires PostgreSQL 18 or higher for managing user accounts, sessions, permissions, and alerts.

Source: github.com
Does the Kafkaesque CLI require PostgreSQL?

No, inspecting Kafka with the standalone CLI does not require PostgreSQL or an application account.

Source: github.com
What Kafka authentication methods are supported?

Kafkaesque supports SASL PLAIN, SCRAM-SHA-256, and SCRAM-SHA-512 authentication.

Source: github.com
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