Start with Kadeck
For teams: collaborate with your colleagues (5 users free).
For individuals: download Kadeck Desktop.
xeotek_kadeck_free="<your_email_address>"
-e xeotek_kadeck_port=8080 -p 8080:8080
-v kadeck_data:/home/.kadeck/ xeotek/kadeck7:7.0.2
Wait ~60 seconds for Kadeck to become available at http://localhost:8080 and log in using admin as the username and password.
Kadeck Desktop
Monitor and troubleshoot your Apache Kafka infrastructure through our native desktop application. Designed for developers who must move fluidly between teams and customers.
Desktop and Teams
– What’s the difference?
Kadeck Teams (Web) is our flagship Kafka platform. It runs in your infrastructure and provides the full feature set for developers, operations, and data analysts:
collaboration, governance, and shared workflows included. Kadeck Desktop is a lightweight Kafka toolbox for individual users who prefer a native client and maximum flexibility on their local machine.
Upgrade Kadeck Desktop
Desktop
Run on your machine
Professional
Upgrade for Desktop
FAQs
If you can't find what you're looking for, please don't hesitate to contact support.
Is Kadeck Teams Free (Community)
comparable to Kadeck Enterprise?
No. While Kadeck Teams Free is a powerful entry point for Apache Kafka for teams of up to 5 users, Kadeck Enterprise is a next-generation platform. The Kadeck Enterprise is an entirely new platform—built for scale, automation, compliance, analytics and multi-cluster management.
How do the desktop products
compare to Kadeck Enterprise?
Our desktop products serve individual developers and smaller teams, while Kadeck Enterprise targets enterprises looking for an enterprise-grade platform experience for their data streaming infrastructure.
What's the difference between
Kadeck Desktop and Professional?
Kadeck Desktop is our free edition with core Kafka management features for individual developers. Kadeck Desktop Professional adds advanced features like multi-cluster management, monitoring, and unlimited filters & data for professional developers and consultants. See the pricing box for more information.
Who should use Kadeck Desktop
vs Desktop Professional?
Kadeck Desktop suits developers learning Kafka or working on personal projects. Desktop Professional is ideal for individual consultants, freelancers, and developers needing advanced features like enhanced data exploration, troubleshooting and multi-cluster management.
Can I upgrade from
desktop to Kadeck Enterprise later?
No. Desktop and Enterprise products are separate product lines built for different purposes. Desktop is for individual developers; Enterprise is for teams, governance, and scale. Migration isn’t supported—choose based on your long-term needs.
