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# Offtopic
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2014-12-14 01:54:02 +00:00
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[](https://travis-ci.org/rtyler/offtopic)
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[  ](https://bintray.com/rtyler/maven/offtopic/_latestVersion)
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2014-11-23 18:08:50 +00:00
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Offtopic is a simple web application built with [Ratpack](http://ratpack.io)
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for inspecting and consuming events from [Kafka](http://kafka.apache.org).
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The primary goal of this tool is to give you real-time insight into a running
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Kafka cluster.
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2014-11-25 21:09:34 +00:00
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2014-11-24 05:10:57 +00:00
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2014-11-25 21:09:34 +00:00
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## Requirements
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* Java 8
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* Zookeeper
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* Kafka
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## Features
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* **Watch**: From the `/topics` page clicking the "watch" button will set up a
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WebSockets-based stream of events straight from Kafka to your browser
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* **Multipass**: From the `/topics` page you can select multiple topics to
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watch at once ([screenshot of multipass in action](http://strongspace.com/rtyler/public/offtopic-usemultipass-20141125.png))
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* **Binary data support**: Clicking on a message row in the "watch" view will
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drop down a base64-encoded version of the message data
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