Is kafkacat safe to use?

kafkacat has no known vulnerabilities on the latest version (1.7.1). DepScope rates its health at 62/100 (moderate risk).

What is the latest version of kafkacat?

The latest version of kafkacat is 1.7.1, released 2026-02-12.

Does kafkacat have known vulnerabilities?

No known vulnerabilities on the latest version of kafkacat.

Is kafkacat deprecated?

No, kafkacat is actively maintained. Latest release: 1.7.1 (2026-02-12).

What are alternatives to kafkacat?

DepScope has no curated alternatives for kafkacat at this time.

What license does kafkacat use?

kafkacat is licensed under BSD-2-Clause.

kafkacat

condav1.7.1

Generic command line non-JVM Apache Kafka producer and consumer

License BSD-2-Clausepermissive5 versions1 maintainers0 deps240 weekly dl

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Health

use with caution

[email protected] low health (62/100) — consider alternatives

Moderate health score (62/100) — verify manually

Health breakdown0 – 100

20/25

maintenance

3/20

popularity

25/25

security

12/15

maturity

2/15

community

Vulnerabilities

none known

Health History

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First published · 2020-11-02 10:29:52.705000+00:00

Last updated · 2026-02-12 07:25:16.632000+00:00