kplay
Inspect messages in a Kafka topic from the terminal
TLDR
Inspect a Kafka topic using a profile
$ kplay -p [profile_name]
Pull a specific number of messages$ kplay -p [profile_name] -n [count]
SYNOPSIS
kplay [options]
DESCRIPTION
kplay (kafka-playground) lets you inspect messages in a Kafka topic in a simple and deliberate manner. It provides a TUI for fetching records on demand, browsing them in a list, and saving them locally or forwarding them to S3.
Messages can be decoded in JSON, protobuf, or raw formats. Profiles can be configured for various Kafka topics, each with its own broker, encoding, and authentication details.
PARAMETERS
-p, --profile NAME
Specify the Kafka profile to use.-n, --count N
Number of messages to pull.
CAVEATS
Requires a running Kafka cluster and properly configured profiles. Authentication and encoding must be set up per-profile before use.
HISTORY
kplay was created by dhth and is written in Go. It was designed for simple, deliberate Kafka message inspection without the overhead of full-featured Kafka management tools.
