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Heads up: Conduktor Desktop is no longer maintained, and its authentication service has been shut down. Existing Desktop installations can no longer sign in. There is no replacement download — the next step is Conduktor Console.
Why Desktop is gone
Desktop served you well for years. It pioneered the Kafka UI patterns — visual topic inspection, schema browsing, consumer-group debugging — that became the foundation of how teams work with Kafka. Those patterns now live in Conduktor Console, alongside everything Desktop couldn’t do alone: team RBAC, audit logs, governance policies, multi-cluster control, Kubernetes deployment. Console is what Desktop wanted to become once Kafka stopped being a single-developer concern.What to do now
Whether you were running Desktop on your laptop or deploying it to a small team, the path forward is the same: install Console and connect your clusters. The full migration takes under 15 minutes.Install Console (free)
Docker, Kubernetes, or Helm — pick what fits your stack. Free Community Edition runs as a single container.
Connect your Kafka clusters
Apache Kafka, MSK, Confluent Cloud, Aiven, Redpanda — same broker setup, same SASL/SSL options.
Read the install guide
Step-by-step Console setup with your first cluster, topic, and message.
Talk to us
Coming from Desktop with a team? Book a 30-min walkthrough to map your workflows onto Console.
Frequently asked questions
Can I still download Conduktor Desktop?
Can I still download Conduktor Desktop?
No. The Desktop installers and auth callback have been retired. Any existing install will fail to authenticate on launch. Conduktor Console is the supported product going forward.
Will my saved Desktop connections work in Console?
Will my saved Desktop connections work in Console?
Connection details (bootstrap servers, SASL credentials, schema registry URLs) all carry over — Console reads the same Kafka configuration. You re-create them once in Console; after that they’re shared with your team, not stuck on one laptop.
Is Console free for individuals?
Is Console free for individuals?
Yes. Console Community Edition is free, runs locally via Docker, and covers the same single-developer workflows Desktop did: topic browsing, producing, consuming, schema management, consumer-group inspection. Get started here.
What about features Desktop had that I depended on?
What about features Desktop had that I depended on?
The most-used Desktop features — data filtering and projection, consumer-group offset management, schema registry browsing, multi-cluster switching — are all in Console, generally improved. Edge cases: contact us and we’ll help map your workflow.
I had a Desktop license. What happens?
I had a Desktop license. What happens?
Existing Desktop Enterprise customers were contacted directly with migration plans. If you didn’t receive that and were on a paid Desktop plan, reach out at support.conduktor.io and we’ll sort it out.
Why was Desktop sunset?
Why was Desktop sunset?
Kafka stopped being a one-engineer-one-laptop tool. The teams running Kafka in production needed shared access, audit trails, role-based permissions, and a deployment story that fits alongside their other infrastructure — none of which a desktop client can deliver well. Console was built specifically for that reality.