This version is still in development and is not considered stable yet. For the latest stable version, please use Korvet 0.19!

Get Started

The fastest way to see Korvet in action is the built-in demo: one command starts everything and streams live data you can explore in the web UI. From there, the "Hello World" walkthrough connects your own Kafka client.

We recommend going through this section in order:

  1. Install Korvet.

  2. Run the demo to see the broker, web UI, tiered storage, and a live producer/consumer working together with zero configuration.

  3. Hello World to create a topic and produce and consume your first records with a standard Kafka client.

Quickest path

If you just want to see it run and you have Docker available:

korvet demo

This resolves a module-enabled Redis (reusing one that is already running, otherwise starting a local redis-server, otherwise a redis:8 Docker container), starts the Korvet broker and web UI, creates a tiered demo topic, and streams synthetic e-commerce events while a consumer group reads them. Everything is torn down cleanly on Ctrl-C.

See Run the demo for the full walkthrough.

Next steps