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brew install kaskade

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overview

Package summary

TUI for Kafka

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Commands and aliases

kaskade

history

Project history and usage

kaskade is a terminal user interface for Apache Kafka, built with Textual, that combines topic administration and message consumption in a Python CLI/TUI package.

Project history

The repository started in September 2021. The README frames the tool as a Kafka TUI for listing topics, partitions, groups, and group members, inspecting lag and records, and consuming messages with common deserializers.

The 1.0.0 release work in July 2022 added Schema Registry support. Later releases expanded the consumer/admin workflow, with the 4.0.0 release changing several command-line options and adding config-file support.

Adoption history

kaskade's package presence spans Homebrew, PyPI/pipx, and Docker images, reflecting a common Kafka-operator need: quick inspection and ad hoc consumption without opening a browser-based Kafka UI.

How it is used

The documented command shape separates admin and consumer modes, for example connecting with a bootstrap server and then selecting a topic for consumption.

Why package nerds care

For package people, kaskade is a modern example of the Python TUI wave: a Kafka utility distributed as a CLI, but designed around rich terminal interaction rather than plain line-oriented output.

Timeline

2021-09-19: Repository history starts with the project bootstrap
2022-07-24: v1.0.0 release work added Schema Registry support
2025-12-26: v4.0.0 release work changed CLI options and added config-file support

Related projects

Apache Kafka, Textual, Redpanda, Schema Registry tooling, kcat, and browser-based Kafka UIs occupy nearby workflow space.

Sources

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for kaskade. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Installs with 5 runtime dependencies.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`kaskade`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version4.0.7

manager updated2026-06-27

local dataok

upstreamnot checked

latest detectednot detected

https://github.com/sauljabin/kaskade

infoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/sauljabin/kaskadenone confidence

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:kaskade
Version	4.0.7
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/kaskade
Homepage	https://github.com/sauljabin/kaskade
Repository	https://github.com/sauljabin/kaskade
Upstream docs	https://github.com/sauljabin/kaskade#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://files.pythonhosted.org/packages/37/3b/88be2113f39216a6ad36680ad599927cbb57dbd9eef9f4af3af138134187/kaskade-4.0.7.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-27T10:26:47Z
Pulse	updated
Dependencies	certifi, cryptography, librdkafka, python@3.14, rpds-py
Build dependencies	rust
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	kaskade
Version Scheme	0
Revision	6
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

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Combined YAML source

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combined/kaskade.yml

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package relationship graph
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