# kafkactl を Homebrew, Nix, winget でインストール

kafkactl のインストール経路、実行ファイル、メタデータ、AI エージェント向けセキュリティノートを確認します。

## インストール

```sh
sudo av install brew:kafkactl
```

追加のインストールコマンド:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install kafkactl
```

  証拠: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#kafkactl
```

  証拠: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ka/kafkactl/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Windows

- winget (92%):

```sh
winget install --id deviceinsight.kafkactl -e
```

  証拠: Windows Package Manager source index: deviceinsight.kafkactl from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## パッケージ情報

- **パッケージキー:** brew:kafkactl
- **パッケージマネージャ:** Homebrew
- **バージョン:** 5.20.0
- **ソース概要:** CLI for managing Apache Kafka
- **ホームページ:** <https://deviceinsight.github.io/kafkactl/>
- **リポジトリ:** <https://github.com/deviceinsight/kafkactl>
- **最終更新:** 2026-07-30T12:36:30Z
- **生成日時:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## 実行可能ファイル

- kafkactl (エイリアス)

## インストール挙動

- Bottle: 利用不可

## バージョンと鮮度

- ページ生成日: 2026-08-03
- マネージャ版: 5.20.0
## プロジェクトの歴史と使われ方

kafkactl is a Go command-line interface for operating Apache Kafka clusters, with commands for topics, consumer groups, brokers, ACLs, schemas, producing, and consuming messages.

### プロジェクトの歴史

Device Insight opened the public GitHub repository in December 2018 and published release 0.0.1 on 2018-12-12, followed by 1.0.0 on 2019-01-23. The project grew around the common need for a kubectl-style Kafka administration tool with shell completion, contexts, schema-registry support, Kubernetes-assisted access, and plugin-based token providers.

### 採用の歴史

The upstream README documents Homebrew, Winget, deb/rpm, AUR, manual binaries, Docker, and Kubernetes use. That packaging spread made kafkactl a practical day-to-day tool for developers and platform engineers who need Kafka administration without running heavier web consoles.

### 使われ方

Users configure named Kafka contexts in config.yml, then use kafkactl to list and manage topics, inspect consumer groups, produce and consume records, and work with Avro, JSON Schema, and Protobuf payloads. Credentials may live in the config file, OS keyring, or Kubernetes secrets depending on the deployment model.

### パッケージ好きにとっての重要性

For package-manager users, kafkactl is notable because it is a single static-feeling CLI that wraps several Kafka workflows that otherwise require a mix of Kafka distribution scripts, schema-registry clients, kubectl port access, and ad hoc shell helpers.

### タイムライン

- 2018-12-10: Public GitHub repository created.
- 2018-12-12: Release 0.0.1 published.
- 2019-01-23: Release 1.0.0 published.
- 2026-05-13: Release v5.19.0 published.

### Related projects

- Related tools and services include Apache Kafka, IBM Sarama, Confluent Schema Registry-compatible APIs, kubectl, and the kafkactl plugin repositories for token-provider integrations.

### ソース

- <https://api.github.com/repos/deviceinsight/kafkactl>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/deviceinsight/kafkactl/releases?per_page=100>
- <https://deviceinsight.github.io/kafkactl>
- <https://github.com/deviceinsight/kafkactl>


## セキュリティノート

kafkactl に一致するローカルシークレット処理マニフェストは見つかりませんでした。将来の対応で安定したパッケージ URL を使えるよう、Nucleus パッケージメタデータはここに公開されています。



## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ~/.config/kafkactl/config.yml, ~/.kafkactl/config.yml, /etc/kafkactl/config.yml
- Windows: %APPDATA%\kafkactl\config.yml

## Credential files

- Unix: ~/.config/kafkactl/config.yml, ~/.kafkactl/config.yml, /etc/kafkactl/config.yml
- Windows: %APPDATA%\kafkactl\config.yml
## 他のパッケージマネージャ記録

- Nix - kafkactl: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ka/kafkactl/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- winget - deviceinsight.kafkactl: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: deviceinsight.kafkactl from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/kafkactl.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/kafkactl.yml)


## ソース

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph