Kafma – a desktop Kafka GUI client for debugging
Kafma is a Kafka GUI client and desktop IDE. Debug fast, close the gap between prod and dev. Intuitive. Simple. Elegant.
What it does
Kafma is a desktop IDE for Kafka built around one idea: a topic is a tab. Consume and produce in one workspace, inspect schemas and lag, and replay any message to another topic. Data Clone copies a production topic — its config, schemas, and a slice of real data masked by your rules — to a local cluster, so you can reproduce bugs without modifying the source. Kafma connects directly from your device: no app account, no data proxy, no analytics or telemetry. For macOS, Windows, and Linux.
Simplify how you debug Kafka. Close the gap between Production and your laptop. Intuitive. Simple. Elegant. Console Producer and consumer, one tab. Send manually or on a random loop from below, tail the live stream above — one tab, no context switch. Decode anything. Send it anywhere. Avro and Protobuf decode automatically. Replay, forward, or export any message — one right-click. Kafka Console → Schema Edit schemas like code. Drafts diff against live automatically. Mock a payload from any subject, or Lab-test one to check it fits — then publish. Kafka Schema Registry → Data Clone Replay prod bugs on your laptop. Clone whole topics between clusters, schemas and all. Move a slice of prod…from kafma.app
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