macOS
Homebrewverifiziert · 100%
brew install kcatlocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPortsverifiziert · 94%
sudo port install kcatMacPorts ports tree · net/kcat/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com
brew
kcat mit Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix installieren
Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für kcat in AI-Agent-Workflows.
Installation
Weitere Installationsbefehle
Linux
Alpine Linux apkverifiziert · 92%
sudo apk add kcatAlpine Linux edge package indexes · kcat · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org
Debian aptverifiziert · 92%
sudo apt install kcatDebian stable package indexes · kcat · Quelle: deb.debian.org
Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%
sudo dnf install kcatFedora Rawhide package metadata · kcat · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org
Nixverifiziert · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#kcatnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/kc/kcat/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com
Überblick
Paketzusammenfassung
Generic command-line non-JVM Apache Kafka producer and consumer
Projektlinks
Befehle und Aliase
- kcat
Verlauf
Projektgeschichte und Nutzung
kcat is the Apache Kafka command-line producer and consumer formerly known as kafkacat. Its README describes it as a generic non-JVM client and a netcat-like tool for Kafka.
Projektgeschichte
Magnus Edenhill created the project in 2014 around librdkafka, giving Kafka operators a small native command-line client instead of requiring JVM tooling for quick production, consumption, metadata inspection, and scripting tasks.
The project kept the kafkacat name through the 1.6 series and then renamed to kcat in the 1.7.0 release in August 2021 to follow Apache Software Foundation trademark policy. The changelog says the rename did not otherwise change the program.
Adoptionsgeschichte
kcat became widely packaged because it fills a common operational gap for Kafka clusters: quick CLI inspection and data movement. The batch input records packages across Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Alpine, MacPorts, and Nix, and the README documents package-manager installs and a Docker image.
Wie es verwendet wird
Common usage includes producing messages from stdin or files, consuming topics and partitions to stdout, listing cluster metadata with -L, joining balanced consumer groups with -G, printing JSON envelopes, using Confluent Schema Registry for Avro decoding, and passing librdkafka configuration with -X or config files.
Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren
kcat matters to package people because it is the small, scriptable Kafka tool that often gets installed beside kubectl, jq, and other operations CLIs. Its rename also created a packaging transition from kafkacat to kcat while retaining backward-compatible config paths for a period.
Zeitleiste
- 2014-03-30: GitHub repository created.
- 2014-04-07: 1.0.0 release published.
- 2020-07-21: 1.6.0 added transactional producer support.
- 2021-08-23: 1.7.0 renamed kafkacat to kcat.
- 2024: 1.8.0 changelog entry documents mock cluster mode.
Related projects
- kcat is built on librdkafka and can integrate with Confluent Schema Registry through Avro deserialization support.
Quellen
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 8 Plattformziele verfügbar.
- Installiert mit 4 Laufzeitabhängigkeiten.
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
~/.config/kcat.conf~/.config/kafkacat.conf
Executables
Installierte Executables
| Befehl | Art | Sichtbarkeit | Hinweis |
|---|---|---|---|
kcat | cli | globales 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 generiert2026-07-10
Manager-Version1.7.0
Manager aktualisiert
lokale DatenOK
Upstreamnot checked
neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt
https://github.com/edenhill/kcat
- InfoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.niedrig Konfidenz
- InfoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/edenhill/kcatnone Konfidenz
Installationsmetadaten
Paketmetadaten
| Paketschlüssel | brew:kcat |
|---|---|
| Version | 1.7.0 |
| Paketmanager | Homebrew |
| Paketmanager-Seite | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/kcat |
| Homepage | https://github.com/edenhill/kcat |
| Repository | https://github.com/edenhill/kcat |
| Upstream-Dokumentation | https://github.com/edenhill/kcat#readme |
| Lizenz | BSD-2-Clause |
| Quellarchiv | https://github.com/edenhill/kcat.git |
| Abhängigkeiten | avro-c, librdkafka, libserdes, yajl |
| Bottle | verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | nicht definiert |
| Dienst | keiner deklariert |
Registry-Fakten
Details aus der Quelldatenbank
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | kcat |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 1 |
| Head Version | HEAD |
| Bottle Stable Root URL | https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core |
| Deprecated | no |
| Disabled | no |
| Keg Only | no |
| URL Keys |
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Source-Datenbank-Treffer
Andere Paketmanager-Einträge
Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.
Debian apt95%
kcat 1.7.1-3
producer and consumer for Apache Kafka
https://github.com/edenhill/kcat
sudo apt install kcat- Section: net
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: kafkacat
- 3 Abhängigkeiten
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Kcat
Nix95%
kcat
nix profile install nixpkgs#kcat- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Kcat
Ubuntu apt95%
kcat 1.7.1-3
producer and consumer for Apache Kafka
https://github.com/edenhill/kcat
sudo apt install kcat- Section: universe/net
- Architecture: amd64
- Source Package: kafkacat
- 3 Abhängigkeiten
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Kcat
apk95%
kcat 1.7.1-r3
Generic command-line non-JVM Apache Kafka producer and consumer
https://github.com/edenhill/kcat
sudo apk add kcat- License: BSD-2-Clause
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: kcat
- 1 Abhängigkeiten
- 1 stellt bereit
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Kcat
dnf95%
kcat 1.7.1-9.fc44
Generic command line non-JVM Apache Kafka producer and consumer
https://github.com/edenhill/kcat
sudo dnf install kcat- License: BSD-2-Clause
- Category: Unspecified
- Architecture: x86_64
- Source Package: kcat
- 3 Abhängigkeiten
- 2 stellt bereit
- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Kcat
MacPorts95%
kcat
sudo port install kcat- normalized package name match
- Abgeglichen nach: Kcat
Quellspur
Aus Repository-Daten generiert
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Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
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