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Offset ExplorerAKHQ
Freemium

Free for personal use, with a paid license for commercial use.

 Free

Free and open source.

Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line Web, Self-hosted
  • Browses messages with JSON, XML and Avro formatting
  • Import, export, data generation and message search tools
  • Browse topic data with live tail
  • Consumer group lag monitoring
  • Closed source
  • Commercial use needs a paid license
  • You have to deploy and run the server yourself
  • Only useful if you operate Kafka
Downloadable app Self-hosted
Closed 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

Checked October 1, 2026

Checked October 2, 2026

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