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Kaskade vs Kafbat UI: catalog facts
Kaskade	Kafbat UI
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source.
Command line	Web, Self-hosted
Browse and manage Kafka topics in a terminal UI Decode records as JSON, Avro, or Protobuf	Browser-based view of Kafka clusters Self-hosted, so data stays on your own infrastructure
Requires access to a Kafka cluster	You have to deploy and maintain it yourself Only useful if you run Apache Kafka
Downloadable app	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	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 8, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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