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