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Enterprise grade functionalities, such as SQL Studio for up to 2 Kafka clusters and MCP server.

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Run Lenses downloading a Docker Compose.

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Local deployment

Perfect for testing or getting started with Kafka
curl -L https://lenses.io/preview -o docker-compose.yml && ACCEPT_EULA=true docker compose up -d --wait && echo "Lenses.io is running on http://localhost:9991"
  1. Run the docker command
  2. Open the Lenses HQ at http://localhost:9991
  3. Sign in with admin / admin
  4. Verify with your email, and activate Lenses

See detailed instructions for the deployment and RAM/VM requirements in Lenses Docs

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Community edition - what is included diagram
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