# Install yozefu with Homebrew TUI for exploring data in a Kafka cluster. Version 0.0.30 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-22. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:yozefu ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install yozefu ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:yozefu - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.0.30 - **Source summary:** TUI for exploring data in a Kafka cluster - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** Apache-2.0 - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-22T14:06:44-07:00 - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - yozf (cli) - yozf (alias) ## Dependencies - openssl@3 ## Build dependencies - cmake - pkgconf - rust ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.0.30 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-22 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/MAIF/yozefu - Upstream latest detected: v0.0.30 (current) ## 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 Notes infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal. - **Geiger risk:** orange / medium - infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal ## 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/io.maif.yozefu/config.json ## 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:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [openssl@3](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openssl-3/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [cmake](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/cmake/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [rust](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rust/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ktea](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ktea/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, kafka, streaming, tui. - [topicctl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/topicctl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, kafka, streaming. - [kaskade](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kaskade/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, kafka, tui. - [apache-flink-cdc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/apache-flink-cdc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, streaming. - [burrow](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/burrow/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, kafka, streaming. - [kcat](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/kcat/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, kafka. - [maxwell](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/maxwell/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, kafka, streaming. - [conduit](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/conduit/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, data, streaming. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. 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