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TUI for exploring data in a Kafka cluster. Version 0.0.30 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22.
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Package summary
TUI for exploring data in a Kafka cluster
Project links
Commands and aliases
- yozf
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Project history and usage
Yozefu is a young Rust terminal UI for exploring Kafka cluster data, packaged because it gives terminal-first users a focused alternative to browser Kafka consoles.
Project history
The public project is maintained by MAIF and presents itself as an interactive terminal user interface for exploring Kafka clusters. Its README positions it beside AKHQ, Redpanda Console, and JetBrains Kafka tooling, but with a terminal workflow and a command-line headless mode.
A March 2025 article by the author says the tool had been developed over the previous four months to make Kafka data search more productive from the terminal. The design grew around real-time topic consumption, SQL-inspired filtering, cross-topic search, and later WebAssembly user-defined filters through Extism.
Adoption history
Public adoption evidence is still thin compared with older Kafka tools. Its appearance in Homebrew, crates.io, Arch packaging, and Nix-oriented install instructions shows the project moving from a personal/internal productivity tool toward package-manager discovery.
How it is used
Users run `yozf` against a registered Kafka cluster to browse topics, inspect records, filter values, export records, or stream matching results in headless mode into other command-line tools such as jq. The README explicitly notes that it consumes records only; it is not a Kafka producer or cluster administration console.
Why package nerds care
Yozefu is significant as a modern TUI entry in the Kafka tooling space: small, terminal-native, Rust-based, and built around exploratory consumption rather than full cluster management. It is the kind of package that matters to people who prefer k9s-like workflows over web dashboards.
Timeline
- 2024-11: The author says work began roughly four months before the March 2025 “Why Yozefu?” article.
- 2025-03-13: “Why Yozefu?” explains the motivation for a terminal Kafka explorer.
- 2025: The README documents Homebrew, cargo, Arch, and Nix install paths plus prebuilt release binaries.
Related projects
- Related projects include AKHQ, Redpanda Console, JetBrains Kafka plugin, kcat, Ratatui, Extism, Apache Kafka, and jq.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: orange
infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.
Risk classifier
orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure
Why
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal
Signals
- text:cluster
Install behavior
- No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
- Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
- Installs with 1 runtime dependencies.
- Build metadata lists 3 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.
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Configuration and credential file locations
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Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
~/.config/io.maif.yozefu/config.json
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
yozf | 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 version0.0.30
manager updated2026-06-22
local dataok
upstreamcurrent
latest detectedv0.0.30
https://github.com/MAIF/yozefu
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:yozefu |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.0.30 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Package manager page | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/yozefu |
| Homepage | https://maif.github.io/yozefu/ |
| Repository | https://github.com/MAIF/yozefu |
| Upstream docs | https://github.com/MAIF/yozefu#readme |
| License | Apache-2.0 |
| Source archive | https://github.com/MAIF/yozefu/archive/refs/tags/v0.0.30.tar.gz |
| Last updated | 2026-06-22T14:06:44-07:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Dependencies | openssl@3 |
| Build dependencies | cmake, pkgconf, 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 | yozefu |
| 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 |
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- curated configuration and credential file locations
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