Streambench – Native Mac Client for Kafka and NATS
When building Hookie, I worked with NATS Jetstream a lot. While you can do everything using the CLI, I prefer the feeling of a nice GUI better. So I built one.
In plain words
Streambench is a native macOS desktop application for managing Kafka, Redpanda, and NATS JetStream brokers. It provides a graphical interface to browse topics, tail messages in real time, inspect consumer lag, and manage streams without relying on command-line tools. Built with a Rust broker core and optimized for Apple Silicon, it offers features like seeking by offset, sequence, or timestamp across virtualized lists. The application is designed for developers who prefer a GUI-based workflow when working with message streaming infrastructure.
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From the sources
Browse topics, tail messages, inspect consumer lag, and manage JetStream streams from a local Apple Silicon desktop app with a Rust broker core.
Like TablePlus, but for streams. A local Apple Silicon desktop app with a Rust broker core. Connect to Kafka, Redpanda, or NATS JetStream brokers you already run, then browse topics, tail messages, inspect consumer lag, and manage streams from one minimalist GUI. Looking for a specific workflow? See the Kafka GUI and NATS JetStream GUI pages. Tail topics in real time or browse historical pages. Seek by offset, sequence, timestamp, or from the beginning in a virtualized list. One macOS desktop app for Kafka-compatible brokers and NATS JetStream. Topics, partitions, consumer groups, streams, consumers, and KV buckets. Per-partition committed offsets, high watermarks, and lag totals refreshed…from streambench.app
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