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kaf mit Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, scoop installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für kaf in AI-Agent-Workflows.

InstallationsbefehlSicherheitshinweise

Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%
brew install kaf

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverifiziert · 94%
sudo port install kaf

MacPorts ports tree · sysutils/kaf/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com

Linux

Nixverifiziert · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#kaf

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ka/kaf/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Windows

Scoopverifiziert · 92%
scoop install main/kaf

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/kaf.json · Quelle: api.github.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Modern CLI for Apache Kafka

Befehle und Aliase

  • kaf

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Kaf is a Go-based command-line client for Apache Kafka. It gives Kafka users a compact native CLI alternative to the JVM-centered scripts that ship with Apache Kafka itself.

Projektgeschichte

The birdayz/kaf repository was created in September 2018, and the first GitHub release series began with v0.1.0 on September 30, 2018. The project describes itself as a modern CLI for Apache Kafka, written in Go.

Its design follows the pattern of a single-purpose operational CLI: configuration lives under the user's home directory, commands wrap common Kafka interactions, and the binary can be distributed through package managers without installing the full Kafka distribution.

Adoptionsgeschichte

Kaf has a smaller footprint than Apache Kafka or K9s, but its package-manager presence in Homebrew, MacPorts, Nix, and Scoop shows the value of a lightweight Kafka CLI for local workstations and scripts.

The repository metadata showed a multi-year maintenance history and a modest but real audience by July 2026, with thousands of GitHub stars rather than only incidental packaging.

Wie es verwendet wird

Kaf is used for direct Kafka administration and inspection tasks such as working with topics, consumers, producers, and cluster metadata from a local shell.

Because Kafka credentials and cluster definitions can live in the Kaf configuration file, the package is part of the user's data-infrastructure access surface, not merely a display utility.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Kaf matters to package collectors because it represents the ergonomic rewrite pattern: a large server project ships official scripts, and the ecosystem produces a smaller native CLI that is easier to install, tab-complete, and carry between machines.

Its Homebrew formula is also useful metadata: it distinguishes the Kafka client utility named kaf from Apache Kafka itself and from similarly named tools such as kafkactl.

Zeitleiste

  • 2018-09: Public GitHub repository created.
  • 2018-09-30: v0.1.0 release published.
  • 2026-07-01: Repository metadata showed more than 2,400 stars.

Related projects

  • Kaf is related to Apache Kafka, Sarama-based Go Kafka tooling, kafkactl, kcat, and the Kafka command scripts included with the Apache distribution.

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: grün

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risikoklassifikator

grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance

Warum

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signale

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Installationsverhalten

  • In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
  • Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 6 Plattformziele verfügbar.
  • Build-Metadaten listen 1 Build-Abhängigkeiten.

Empfohlene Prüfung

Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix
~/.kaf/config

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix
~/.kaf/config

Executables

Installierte Executables

BefehlArtSichtbarkeitHinweis
kafcliglobales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-25
Manager-Version0.2.14
Manager aktualisiert
lokale DatenOK
Upstreamaktuell
neueste erkannte Versionv0.2.14

https://github.com/birdayz/kaf

  • InfoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.niedrig Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüsselbrew:kaf
Version0.2.14
PaketmanagerHomebrew
Paketmanager-Seitehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/kaf
Homepagehttps://github.com/birdayz/kaf
Repositoryhttps://github.com/birdayz/kaf
Upstream-Dokumentationhttps://github.com/birdayz/kaf#readme
LizenzApache-2.0
Quellarchivhttps://github.com/birdayz/kaf/archive/refs/tags/v0.2.14.tar.gz
Build-Abhängigkeitengo
Bottleverfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnicht definiert
Dienstkeiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Namekaf
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Head VersionHEAD
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • head
  • stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Nix95%

kaf

nix profile install nixpkgs#kaf
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Kaf
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ka/kaf/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
MacPorts95%

kaf

sudo port install kaf
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Kaf
MacPorts ports tree · api.github.com · MacPorts ports tree: sysutils/kaf/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Scoop95%

main/kaf

scoop install main/kaf
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Kaf
Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/kaf.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Paketgraph

Links stammen aus dem lokalen Paketbeziehungsgraph, Ergänzungen, Abhängigkeitskanten, Ecosystem-Matches und Paket-Hub-Mitgliedschaft.

Verwandte Tools

  • goBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

Gleicher Workflow

  • kaskadeShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, kafka, messaging.
  • kcatShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, kafka, messaging.
  • nsqShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, go, messaging.
  • activemqShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, messaging.
  • openmamaShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, messaging.
  • burrowShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, go, kafka.

Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Verwendete Quellen

  • Geiger risk classifier
  • Nucleus package database
  • av.db category and tag curation
  • cross-ecosystem install command graph
  • curated configuration and credential file locations
  • curated package history
  • external package-manager database matches
  • package relationship graph
  • package version freshness
  • package-page enrichment