kcat

A command-line utility for producing and consuming Kafka messages.

Runs as kcat, kafkacat|macOS, Linux, Windows|github.com

Open form in Otty otty.toml

What the manifest covers

3 sections, each its own tab

Command form

ai-draft · 3 tasks · 15 fields

otty gui kcat opens Produce, consume or list Kafka and fills your prompt with the command.

Autocomplete

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Subcommands, options and argument candidates Otty offers as you type.

Dotfiles

2 paths

Where it keeps its config, which parts are credentials, and which lines belong to one machine.

Published manifest

Immutable: every revision keeps its URL and its digest

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Read it

otty.toml · JSON · API metadata

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help

Mode: -P Producer -C Consumer -L Metadata List General options for most modes: -t <topic> Topic to consume from, produce to, or list -p <partition> Partition -b <brokers,..> Bootstrap broker(s) (host[:port]) -K <delim> Key delimiter (same format as -D) -c <cnt> L…

helpmaster 2026-10-27

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