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AKHQ vs Kafbat UI: catalog facts
AKHQ	Kafbat UI
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Browse topic data with live tail Consumer group lag monitoring	Browser-based view of Kafka clusters Self-hosted, so data stays on your own infrastructure
You have to deploy and run the server yourself Only useful if you operate Kafka	You have to deploy and maintain it yourself Only useful if you run Apache Kafka
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License not stated
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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