A terminal user interface (TUI) application for interacting with Apache Kafka as both a consumer and producer.

• List available topics
• List consumer groups for a topic
• Listen to messages sent on a topic
• Send messages on a topic
• View configuration for the cluster, topics, etc.
• List brokers on the cluster
• List topics and partitions per broker

go build -o kafka-tui ./cmd/kafka-tui

go install ./cmd/kafka-tui@latest

kafka-tui --brokers localhost:9092

Or with multiple brokers:

kafka-tui --brokers localhost:9092,localhost:9093,localhost:9094

• --brokers, -b: Kafka broker addresses (required, can be set via KAFKA_BROKERS env var)
• --timeout: Connection timeout (default: 10s, can be set via KAFKA_TIMEOUT env var)
• --help, -h: Show help
• --version, -v: Show version

• KAFKA_BROKERS: Comma-separated list of broker addresses
• KAFKA_TIMEOUT: Connection timeout (e.g., "10s", "30s")

kafka-tui/
├── cmd/
│   └── kafka-tui/        # Application entry point
│       └── main.go
├── pkg/
│   └── kafka/            # Core Kafka interaction logic
│       └── client.go
└── go.mod

go build -o kafka-tui ./cmd/kafka-tui

go test ./...

Phase 1: Foundation ✅ Complete

• Project structure setup
• Basic CLI setup with urfave/cli
• Kafka client initialization
• Basic bubbletea TUI skeleton

See PROJECT_OUTLINE.md for full project details and roadmap.

See LICENSE file for details.