macOS
brew install kaflocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install kafMacPorts ports tree · sysutils/kaf/Portfile · Source: api.github.com
brew
Consultez les chemins d'installation, exécutables, métadonnées et notes de sécurité de kaf pour les workflows d'agents IA.
installation
brew install kaflocal Homebrew formula metadata
sudo port install kafMacPorts ports tree · sysutils/kaf/Portfile · Source: api.github.com
nix profile install nixpkgs#kafnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ka/kaf/package.nix · Source: api.github.com
scoop install main/kafScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/kaf.json · Source: api.github.com
aperçu
Modern CLI for Apache Kafka
historique
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
posture de sécurité
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
risque vert · confiance faible · appliance
Avant une utilisation sans surveillance par un agent, vérifiez si l'outil lit des identifiants en clair, écrit un état distant, publie des artefacts ou lance des plugins.
local files
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.
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
~/.kaf/configCredential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
~/.kaf/configexécutables
| Commande | Type | Exposition | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
kaf | cli | exécutable global |
fraîcheur
Ces signaux séparent l'âge de génération de la page, l'activité du gestionnaire de paquets et la comparaison avec les versions amont. Un retard de version n'est signalé que lorsqu'une URL de preuve et des versions comparables sont présentes.
https://github.com/birdayz/kaf
métadonnées d'installation
| Clé du paquet | brew:kaf |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.14 |
| Gestionnaire de paquets | Homebrew |
| Page du gestionnaire de paquets | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/kaf |
| Page d'accueil | https://github.com/birdayz/kaf |
| Dépôt | https://github.com/birdayz/kaf |
| Docs amont | https://github.com/birdayz/kaf#readme |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Archive source | https://github.com/birdayz/kaf/archive/refs/tags/v0.2.14.tar.gz |
| Dépendances de compilation | go |
| Bouteille | disponible (sur arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| post-install Homebrew | non défini |
| Service | aucun déclaré |
faits du registre
| Source Database | Homebrew formula API |
|---|---|
| Tap | homebrew/core |
| Full Name | kaf |
| Version Scheme | 0 |
| Revision | 0 |
| 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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correspondances dans les bases sources
Les correspondances proviennent d’index externes de gestionnaires de paquets et restent séparées des liens de paquets Automic Vault locaux.
kaf
nix profile install nixpkgs#kafkaf
sudo port install kafmain/kaf
scoop install main/kafpiste source
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