Topics

Browse, search, and manage Kafka topics.

Topic Browser

The topic browser provides a comprehensive view of all topics in your cluster.

Viewing Topics

Topics are listed in the sidebar with useful information at a glance:

• Topic name
• Message count (estimated)
• Partition count

Searching and Filtering

Use the search bar to find topics:

my-topic          # Exact match
my-*              # Wildcard
.*orders.*        # Regex pattern

Topic Details

Click on a topic to see detailed information:

Overview Tab

• Partitions: Total partition count
• Replication Factor: Number of replicas per partition
• Retention: How long messages are kept
• Cleanup Policy: Delete or compact

Configuration Tab

• View all topic configurations
• Compare with cluster defaults
• See which settings are overridden

Partitions Tab

• Partition distribution across brokers
• Leader and replica information
• In-sync replica status

Managing Topics

Creating Topics

1. Right-click in the topic list and select Create Topic
2. Enter topic name
3. Configure partitions and replication factor
4. Set optional configurations
5. Click Create

Deleting Topics

1. Right-click on a topic
2. Select Delete Topic
3. Confirm the deletion

Warning: Deleting a topic permanently removes all messages.

Modifying Configuration

1. Open the topic’s Configuration tab
2. Click Edit Configuration
3. Modify the desired settings
4. Click Save

Topic Metrics

Topiq shows real-time metrics for each topic:

• Messages/sec: Incoming message rate
• Bytes/sec: Data throughput
• Consumer Lag: Total lag across all consumer groups

Best Practices

Naming Conventions

Use a consistent naming scheme:

team.domain.event-type
orders.checkout.completed
users.registration.started

Partition Strategy

• More partitions = more parallelism
• Consider consumer group size
• Balance across brokers

Retention Settings

• Time-based: retention.ms
• Size-based: retention.bytes
• Compaction: cleanup.policy=compact