# Install kafkactl-azure-plugin with Homebrew, winget

Azure Plugin for kafkactl. Version 1.3.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-27. Also installable with winget: winget install --id deviceinsight.kafkactl-azure-plugin -e.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:kafkactl-azure-plugin
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install kafkactl-azure-plugin
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Windows

- winget (92%):

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

  Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: deviceinsight.kafkactl-azure-plugin from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:kafkactl-azure-plugin
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.3.1
- **Source summary:** Azure Plugin for kafkactl
- **Homepage:** <https://deviceinsight.github.io/kafkactl/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/deviceinsight/kafkactl-plugins>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-27T21:58:35+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- kafkactl-azure-plugin (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.3.1
## Project history and usage

kafkactl-azure-plugin is a kafkactl companion binary for Azure OAuth authentication. It exists so Kafka-compatible Azure Event Hubs setups can be managed through kafkactl without baking Azure-specific login behavior into the main CLI.

### Project history

Device Insight's kafkactl project began in December 2018 as a Kafka management CLI. The separate kafkactl-plugins repository was created in March 2024 and contains both AWS and Azure plugin directories.

The Azure plugin README states that the plugin configures kafkactl to use an Azure OAuth credential flow for login and enables passwordless logins with Azure Event Hubs. The plugin repository's first v1.0.0 release was published on March 12, 2024.

### Adoption history

The Azure plugin addresses a specific adoption path: teams using Azure Event Hubs through its Kafka-compatible interface and wanting to keep kafkactl as their local operational CLI. Its Homebrew and winget packages make that provider-specific helper installable like the main command.

### How it is used

The plugin is configured as a kafkactl token provider. In practice it is invoked by kafkactl during authentication rather than used as a general-purpose user-facing command.

### Why package nerds care

The package is notable as a tiny cloud-auth extension packaged independently of its host CLI. It is the kind of package that makes metadata catalogs useful: the executable name alone is less important than its relationship to kafkactl, Azure Event Hubs, OAuth, SASL, and Kafka-compatible APIs.

### Timeline

- 2018-12: kafkactl repository created.
- 2024-03: kafkactl-plugins repository created.
- 2024-03-12: kafkactl-plugins v1.0.0 released.

### Related projects

- Related projects include kafkactl, Apache Kafka, Azure Event Hubs, Azure identity tooling, and the sibling kafkactl AWS plugin.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/deviceinsight/kafkactl>
- <https://api.github.com/repos/deviceinsight/kafkactl-plugins>
- <https://deviceinsight.github.io/kafkactl>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/kafkactl-azure-plugin>
- <https://github.com/deviceinsight/kafkactl>
- <https://github.com/deviceinsight/kafkactl-plugins>
- <https://github.com/deviceinsight/kafkactl-plugins/blob/main/azure/README.adoc>
- <https://github.com/deviceinsight/kafkactl-plugins/releases>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## 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
## Other Package-Manager Records

- winget - deviceinsight.kafkactl-azure-plugin: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: deviceinsight.kafkactl-azure-plugin from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix


## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

- 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