Coming soon
The native kafka-ui for macOS.
Pure Swift. No JVM, no librdkafka, no Electron. Talks the Kafka binary protocol directly through Network.framework. Single window, millisecond cold start, full kafka-ui feature parity.
macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later · Universal (arm64 + Intel)
Features
Pure-Swift wire protocol
Talks Kafka binary protocol directly over Network.framework. No librdkafka, no swift-kafka-client, no Homebrew.
Multi-cluster sidebar
Health dots, drag-to-reorder, Cmd-K global search across topics, brokers, groups and schemas.
Topics done right
Virtualised table for tens of thousands of topics. Inspector with Overview / Messages / Configs / Groups / Stats tabs.
Live tail with filters
Tail messages in real time with regex or value-equals filters. Pause, resume, scroll back.
Consumer groups
Describe members, see partition lag heat-map, reset offsets to earliest / latest / by-time, delete groups.
Schema Registry & KSQL
List, view, create, soft / hard delete schemas with compatibility checks. Run KSQL queries with table preview.
ACLs & broker configs
Describe / create / delete ACLs. Per-broker partition skew, log-dir disk usage, IncrementalAlterConfigs.
Native niceties
Inspector pane, MenuBarExtra, dark mode, per-window shortcuts, full keyboard navigation.
Free during early access
SwiftyKafka will be free during the early-access period. A paid tier may launch later — early users will be offered a fair upgrade path.
macOS 14 (Sonoma) or later
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FAQ
- When can I download SwiftyKafka?
- Soon. We're polishing the first public build. Sign up for updates by emailing hello@swiftytool.com or watch the GitHub repo.
- Will it work with Confluent Cloud / MSK / Aiven?
- Yes. SwiftyKafka speaks the standard Kafka wire protocol, supports SASL/SSL and works with any cluster reachable over the network.
- Why not use kafka-ui in a browser?
- kafka-ui is great, but it's a JVM web app you have to host. SwiftyKafka is a single native macOS binary — open it, point it at a cluster, done.
- Will it be free?
- The first release will be free during early access. A subscription tier ("SwiftyKafka Max") may launch later for advanced features such as multi-cluster beyond two and team features. Early users will be offered a fair upgrade path.
- Does it phone home?
- No telemetry, no analytics. The only network traffic is the Kafka connections you yourself configure.
Apache Kafka® is a registered trademark of the Apache Software Foundation. SwiftyKafka is an independent client and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by the ASF.