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We first published a VPAT in the release notes of Kpow for Apache Kafka v92.4, with a VPAT available to download in every release of Kpow since.

Today, we are pleased to announce that we are extending that commitment to all future Factor House product releases - including Flex for Apache Flink and Flow Platform.

How do skateboards and green suns drive web accessibility at Factor House?

Learn why building accessible products is important to us, and how we've changed to ensure that accessibility is embedded in our development process.

Querying Kafka topics is a critical task for engineers working on data streaming applications, but it can often be a complex and time-consuming process.

Enter Kpow's data inspect feature—designed to simplify and optimize Kafka topic queries, making it an essential tool for professionals working with Apache Kafka.

This minor version release from Factor House improves protobuf rendering, sharpens light-mode, simplifies community edition setup, resolves a number of small bugs, and bumps Kafka client dependencies to v3.7.0.

Introducing full support for schema references in Confluent Schema Registry.

With this new release you can now create and edit AVRO, JSONSchema, and Protobuf schema with references, as well as consume and produce messages with those schema.

With our new API, you can now leverage Kpow's capabilities directly from your own tools and platforms, opening up a whole new range of possibilities for integrating Kpow into your existing workflows. Whether you're managing topics, consumer groups, or monitoring Kafka clusters, our API provides a seamless experience that mirrors the functionality of our user interface.

Kpow can now auto restart connectors when they fail.

Read on to learn how to make connectors more reliable.

Kpow now offers a secure, vendor-agnostic OpenAPI 3.1 REST API for managing Kafka, Kafka Connect, and Schema Registry resources.

Read on to learn how to integrate Kpow with your product or GitOps pipeline using Kpow's new REST API modules.

Our mission at Factor House is to empower every engineer in the streaming tech space with superb tooling.

We are pleased to report that Kpow for Apache Kafka is now compliant with WCAG 2.1 AA accessibility guidelines and has an independently audited Voluntary Product Accessiblity Template (VPAT) report.

Release v92.3 introduces extensive UI accessibility improvements to Kpow and Flex along with new features, improvements, and bug fixes.