🚀 [Release] EFAK (Kafka Eagle) V5.0.0 — Major Update!

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We’re excited to announce the release of EFAK (Eagle For Apache Kafka) V5.0.0 🎉
This version brings a brand-new distributed architecture, AI-powered assistant, and modernized monitoring UI — making Kafka cluster management smarter, faster, and more intuitive than ever.

🧠 Key New Features

1. AI-Powered Assistant

• Integrated mainstream large language models (OpenAI, Claude, DeepSeek, etc.)
• Provides intelligent conversational operations, troubleshooting suggestions, and automatic metric analysis
• Empowers developers and operators with faster decision-making

2. Distributed & Scalable Monitoring

• Newly designed distributed monitoring framework for large-scale Kafka environments
• Enhanced horizontal scalability to handle thousands of topics and partitions efficiently
• Real-time synchronization and adaptive load balancing

3. Enhanced Web Dashboard

• Modern, responsive UI for monitoring and analytics
• New TV Mode for real-time operational visualization on large screens
• Improved data visualization and dashboard interactivity

4. High Performance & Stability

• Rebuilt with Spring Boot 3.x and JDK 17
• Reactive programming and asynchronous task scheduling for lower latency
• Optimized metadata caching and task scheduling in-memory

5. Simplified Deployment

• Supports both Docker one-click deployment and traditional tar.gz installation
• Easier configuration and faster startup

🌐 Demo & Documentation

👉 Visit the official website: http://www.kafka-eagle.org/
🎥 Try the EFAK Online Demo to see the new features in action!

💬 Get Involved

If you encounter issues or have suggestions, feel free to:

• Open an issue here on GitHub 🧩
• Contribute via pull requests 🤝
• Share feedback to help us improve future releases!