# Install ktea with Homebrew

Kafka TUI client. Version 0.8.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-27.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:ktea
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install ktea
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:ktea
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.8.0
- **Source summary:** Kafka TUI client
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/jonas-grgt/ktea>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/jonas-grgt/ktea>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-27T21:58:42+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- ktea (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.8.0
## Project history and usage

ktea is a Kafka terminal client for browsing and operating Kafka clusters from a TUI. Its README positions it for users who like the k9s style of terminal-native cluster navigation.

### Project history

The project is organized as a Go application with a command under cmd/ktea and UI, schema registry, Kafka Connect, and admin-related packages. The README documents multi-cluster support, topic management, record consumption, consumer-group views, Schema Registry browsing, and Kafka Connect integration.

### Adoption history

ktea's documented adoption surface is small: Homebrew packaging for macOS and downloadable release binaries for Linux and Windows. Its niche is Kafka operators and developers who prefer a terminal UI over web consoles or ad hoc Kafka CLI commands.

### How it is used

Users configure clusters in ~/.config/ktea/config.yaml or through the TUI, then navigate topics, schemas, consumer lag, records, and Kafka Connect resources with keyboard-driven tables.

### Why package nerds care

ktea is package-nerd interesting as part of the wave of focused terminal UIs that wrap operational systems in a k9s-like workflow. For Kafka, that means packaging a Go TUI plus cross-platform release artifacts rather than asking users to assemble shell commands around Kafka admin tools.

### Timeline

- 2025-2026: The repository release stream published cross-platform binaries through GitHub releases.
- 2026-03-03: Release v0.8.0 was published with packaged artifacts for macOS, Linux, and Windows.
- 2026: The README documented Homebrew installation via the jonas-grgt/ktea tap.

### Related projects

- Related tools and systems include Apache Kafka, Kafka Connect, Schema Registry, k9s, and Kafka command-line administration tools.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/jonas-grgt/ktea>
- <https://github.com/jonas-grgt/ktea/releases>
- <https://github.com/jonas-grgt/ktea/tags>


## Security Notes

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger risk:** blue / medium
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal


## 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/ktea/config.yaml

## Combined YAML source

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


## Sources

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