kaskade is a tui (text user interface) for kafka. 🚀 This project is powered by textual and rich!.

For a local kafka environment go to https://github.com/sauljabin/kafka-docker.

🚧 This project is currently a work in progress, but usable by early adopters.

Installation and Usage
Running with Docker
Configuration
- Kafka
- Kaskade
Screenshots
Alternatives
Development

Installation and Usage

Install with pip:

pip install kaskade

pip will install kaskade and kskd aliases.

Upgrade with pip:

pip install --upgrade kaskade

Help:

kaskade --help

Version:

kaskade --version

Information, it shows app information and some config examples:

kaskade --info

Run without config file (it'll take any of kaskade.yml, kaskade.yaml, config.yml or config.yaml):

kaskade

Run with config file:

kaskade my-config.yml

Running with Docker

Using docker (remember to set a network and volume):

docker run --rm -it --network kafka \
--volume $(pwd):/kaskade \
sauljabin/kaskade:latest

Aliases:

alias kaskade='docker run --rm -it --network kafka \
--volume $(pwd):/kaskade \
sauljabin/kaskade:latest'
alias kskd=kaskade

These aliases will mount the current directory as a volume.

Configuration

A yaml configuration file (check Installation and Usage section for more information).

Kafka

Simple connection example:

kafka:
  bootstrap.servers: localhost:9092

SSL encryption example:

kafka:
  bootstrap.servers: localhost:9092
  security.protocol: SSL

For more information about SSL encryption and SSL authentication go to confluent-kafka and librdkafka.

Support for env variables (example BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS):

kafka:
  bootstrap.servers: ${BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS}

Kaskade

Next settings are optional:

kaskade:
  debug: off # default off
  refresh: on # enable auto-refresh default on
  refresh-rate: 5 # auto-refresh rate default 5 secs

debug enabled will generate logs into a specific log file, execute kaskade --info to get the log path.

Screenshots

Alternatives

cli: [kcat, zoe, kaf]
wui: [akhq]
tui: [kcli]

Development

Python supported versions:

Installing poetry:

pip install poetry

Installing development dependencies:

poetry install

Installing pre-commit hooks:

poetry run pre-commit install

Running kaskade:

poetry run kaskade

Scripts

Running unit tests:

poetry run python -m scripts.tests

Applying code styles:

poetry run python -m scripts.styles

Running code analysis:

poetry run python -m scripts.analyze

Running code coverage:

poetry run python -m scripts.tests-coverage

Running pre-commit hooks:

poetry run python -m scripts.pre-commit

Generate readme banner:

poetry run python -m scripts.banner

Docker

Build docker:

poetry run python -m scripts.docker-build

Image tag sauljabin/kaskade:latest.

Run with docker (create a config.yml file):

docker run --rm -it --network kafka \
--volume $(pwd):/kaskade \
sauljabin/kaskade:latest

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