# kafkactl mit Homebrew, Nix, winget installieren Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für kafkactl in AI-Agent-Workflows. ## Installation ```sh sudo av install brew:kafkactl ``` Weitere Installationsbefehle: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install kafkactl ``` Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#kafkactl ``` Evidenz: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ka/kafkactl/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Windows - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id deviceinsight.kafkactl -e ``` Evidenz: Windows Package Manager source index: deviceinsight.kafkactl from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Paketfakten - **Paketschlüssel:** brew:kafkactl - **Paketmanager:** Homebrew - **Paketmanager-Seite:** - **Version:** 5.19.0 - **Quellzusammenfassung:** CLI for managing Apache Kafka - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream-Dokumentation:** - **Lizenz:** Apache-2.0 - **Quellarchiv:** - **Zuletzt aktualisiert:** 2026-05-13T15:39:07Z - **Generiert:** 2026-07-26T07:20:29+00:00 ## Executables - kafkactl (cli) - kafkactl (Alias) ## Build-Abhängigkeiten - go ## Installationsverhalten - Post-install-Hook: nicht definiert - Bottle: verfügbar auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Version und Aktualität - Seite generiert: 2026-07-26 - Manager-Version: 5.19.0 - Manager aktualisiert: 2026-05-13 - lokale Daten: OK - Upstream-Repository: https://github.com/deviceinsight/kafkactl - neueste erkannte Version: v5.19.0 (aktuell) ## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung kafkactl is a Go command-line interface for operating Apache Kafka clusters, with commands for topics, consumer groups, brokers, ACLs, schemas, producing, and consuming messages. ### Projektgeschichte Device Insight opened the public GitHub repository in December 2018 and published release 0.0.1 on 2018-12-12, followed by 1.0.0 on 2019-01-23. The project grew around the common need for a kubectl-style Kafka administration tool with shell completion, contexts, schema-registry support, Kubernetes-assisted access, and plugin-based token providers. ### Adoptionsgeschichte The upstream README documents Homebrew, Winget, deb/rpm, AUR, manual binaries, Docker, and Kubernetes use. That packaging spread made kafkactl a practical day-to-day tool for developers and platform engineers who need Kafka administration without running heavier web consoles. ### Wie es verwendet wird Users configure named Kafka contexts in config.yml, then use kafkactl to list and manage topics, inspect consumer groups, produce and consume records, and work with Avro, JSON Schema, and Protobuf payloads. Credentials may live in the config file, OS keyring, or Kubernetes secrets depending on the deployment model. ### Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren For package-manager users, kafkactl is notable because it is a single static-feeling CLI that wraps several Kafka workflows that otherwise require a mix of Kafka distribution scripts, schema-registry clients, kubectl port access, and ad hoc shell helpers. ### Zeitleiste - 2018-12-10: Public GitHub repository created. - 2018-12-12: Release 0.0.1 published. - 2019-01-23: Release 1.0.0 published. - 2026-05-13: Release v5.19.0 published. ### Related projects - Related tools and services include Apache Kafka, IBM Sarama, Confluent Schema Registry-compatible APIs, kubectl, and the kafkactl plugin repositories for token-provider integrations. ### Quellen - - - - ## Sicherheitshinweise Für kafkactl wurde kein passendes lokales Secret-Handling-Manifest gefunden. Nucleus-Paketmetadaten bleiben hier veröffentlicht, damit künftige Abdeckung eine stabile Paket-URL hat. ## 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 - Unix: ~/.config/kafkactl/config.yml, ~/.kafkactl/config.yml, /etc/kafkactl/config.yml - Windows: %APPDATA%\kafkactl\config.yml ## Credential files - Unix: ~/.config/kafkactl/config.yml, ~/.kafkactl/config.yml, /etc/kafkactl/config.yml - Windows: %APPDATA%\kafkactl\config.yml ## Details aus der Quelldatenbank - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** kafkactl - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Andere Paketmanager-Einträge - Nix - kafkactl: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ka/kafkactl/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - deviceinsight.kafkactl: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: deviceinsight.kafkactl from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Verwandte Links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [go](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/go/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [kafkactl-aws-plugin](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/kafkactl-aws-plugin/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [kafkactl-azure-plugin](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/kafkactl-azure-plugin/) - Popular package that depends on this formula. - [khaos](https://www.automicvault.com/de/pkg/brew/khaos/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, kafka. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/kafkactl.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/kafkactl.yml) ## Quellen - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph