macOS
Homebrew已验证 · 100%
brew install kaflocal Homebrew formula metadata
MacPorts已验证 · 94%
sudo port install kafMacPorts ports tree · sysutils/kaf/Portfile · 来源: api.github.com
安装
其他安装命令
Linux
Nix已验证 · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#kafnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ka/kaf/package.nix · 来源: api.github.com
Windows
Scoop已验证 · 92%
scoop install main/kafScoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/kaf.json · 来源: api.github.com
概览
软件包摘要
Modern CLI for Apache Kafka
历史
项目历史与用法
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.
项目历史
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.
采用历史
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.
使用方式
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.
为什么软件包爱好者会关心
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.
时间线
- 2018-09: Public GitHub repository created.
- 2018-09-30: v0.1.0 release published.
- 2026-07-01: Repository metadata showed more than 2,400 stars.
Related projects
- Kaf is related to Apache Kafka, Sarama-based Go Kafka tooling, kafkactl, kcat, and the Kafka command scripts included with the Apache distribution.
来源
安全态势
风险级别：绿色
narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.
风险分类器
绿色 风险 · 低 置信度 · appliance
原因
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals
信号
- metadata:no-higher-risk-signals
安装行为
- formula 元数据中未记录 Homebrew post-install 钩子。
- Homebrew bottle 元数据适用于 6 个平台目标。
- 构建元数据列出 1 个构建依赖。
建议审查
在无人值守的代理使用前，请检查该工具是否读取明文凭据、写入远程状态、发布制品或调用插件。
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
~/.kaf/config
Credential files
Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.
- Unix
~/.kaf/config
可执行文件
已安装的可执行文件
| 命令 | 类型 | 暴露范围 | 备注 |
|---|---|---|---|
kaf | cli | 全局可执行文件 |
新鲜度
版本和新鲜度
这些信号区分页生成时间、软件包管理器活动和上游发布比较。只有存在证据 URL 和可比较版本时，才会提示版本落后。
页面生成时间2026-07-25
管理器版本0.2.14
管理器更新时间
本地数据OK
上游当前
检测到的最新版本v0.2.14
https://github.com/birdayz/kaf
- 信息No package-manager update timestamp was available.低 置信度
安装元数据
软件包元数据
| 软件包键 | brew:kaf |
|---|---|
| 版本 | 0.2.14 |
| 软件包管理器 | Homebrew |
| 软件包管理器页面 | https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/kaf |
| 主页 | https://github.com/birdayz/kaf |
| 仓库 | https://github.com/birdayz/kaf |
| 上游文档 | https://github.com/birdayz/kaf#readme |
| 许可证 | Apache-2.0 |
| 源码归档 | https://github.com/birdayz/kaf/archive/refs/tags/v0.2.14.tar.gz |
| 构建依赖 | go |
| Bottle | 可用 (于 arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux) |
| Homebrew post-install | 未定义 |
| 服务 | 未声明 |
注册表事实
源数据库详情
| 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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源数据库匹配
其他软件包管理器记录
匹配项来自外部软件包管理器索引，并与本地 Automic Vault 软件包链接分开显示。
Nix95%
kaf
nix profile install nixpkgs#kaf- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Kaf
MacPorts95%
kaf
sudo port install kaf- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Kaf
Scoop95%
main/kaf
scoop install main/kaf- normalized package name match
- 匹配方式：Kaf
来源线索
由仓库数据生成
此页面由 av-web 从 scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py 生成的私有软件包 SQLite 工件提供。
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
使用的来源
- 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