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+Retired
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+This project is no longer supported. Please consider [Kafka Manager](https://github.com/yahoo/kafka-manager) instead.
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 Kafka Web Console
 =========
 Kafka Web Console is a Java web application for monitoring [Apache Kafka](http://kafka.apache.org/). With a **modern** web browser, you can view from the console: