KnowStreaming
一站式云原生实时流数据平台，通过0侵入、插件化构建企业级Kafka服务，极大降低操作、存储和管理实时流数据门槛
A web-based dashboard for managing and monitoring Apache Kafka clusters, built by Didi. Connect to multiple Kafka setups, view metrics, set alerts, and control topics and consumer groups, all without touching your existing Kafka configuration.
KnowStreaming is an open-source management and monitoring platform for Apache Kafka clusters, developed by Didi, the Chinese ride-hailing company. Apache Kafka is a widely used system for moving large volumes of data between applications in real time. Managing Kafka clusters, especially many of them at once, can be complex, and KnowStreaming provides a web-based graphical interface to make that work more accessible.
The platform requires no changes to your existing Kafka installation. It can connect to and manage Kafka versions from 0.10.x through 3.x.x, covering both ZooKeeper-based and Raft-based cluster configurations. The README describes the setup as needing about five minutes to get started through the GUI.
KnowStreaming provides visual management panels for the main Kafka components: clusters, brokers, topics, consumer groups, messages, access control lists, and Kafka Connect. It also includes monitoring dashboards with metrics displayed across multiple dimensions, health-check tools that continuously inspect cluster state, and alerting for detected anomalies. Additional capabilities listed include load balancing across cluster nodes, topic partition scaling, and partition migration between nodes.
The architecture is described as cloud-native and plugin-based, meaning you can add nodes to increase capacity without reconfiguring the core system, and enterprise-specific features can be added as plugins.
The README and documentation are primarily written in Chinese. Documentation, a demo environment, and the project website are linked from the README. Community channels include a Chinese-language Kafka discussion group and a WeChat group. The license is not specified in the README text, but a license file exists in the repository.
Where it fits
- Monitor multiple Kafka clusters from a single web interface without modifying your existing Kafka setup.
- Get alerts when a Kafka cluster shows anomalies, and see health dashboards across brokers, topics, and consumer groups.
- Rebalance topic partitions or migrate them between brokers through a GUI instead of command-line tools.