---
title: "Calinora Pilot Documentation - Pilot Docs"
description: "Documentation for Calinora Pilot - Kafka cluster monitoring and partition rebalancing tool"
url: "https://docs.calinora.io/"
---

# Calinora Pilot

Pilot is a Kafka cluster monitoring and partition rebalancing tool. It provides real-time visibility into cluster health, automated rebalancing proposals, and safe partition reassignment execution - all from a single binary with no external database dependencies.

## How It Works

```mermaid
graph TD
    K["Kafka Cluster"] -->|"metadata · watermarks · disk sizes"| S["Metadata Sampler"]
    S -->|"7 metrics per broker"| P["Proposal Engine"]
    P -->|"multi-phase pipeline"| R["Rebalancing Proposal"]
    R -->|"apply"| E["Streaming Executor"]
    E -->|"per-broker concurrency · live-adjustable throttle"| K
```

Pilot connects to your cluster, samples partition activity from watermarks and log directory sizes, and generates rack-aware rebalancing proposals through a multi-phase optimizer. Proposals can be applied manually or automatically via self-healing. See [Architecture](https://docs.calinora.io/features/architecture/) for details.

## Quick Links

- **[Getting Started](https://docs.calinora.io/getting-started/installation/)** - Install Pilot and run your first cluster scan
- **[Configuration](https://docs.calinora.io/configuration/)** - Environment variables, TLS, SASL, and authentication
- **[Features](https://docs.calinora.io/features/)** - Monitoring, proposals, reassignments, self-healing, and more
- **[API Reference](https://docs.calinora.io/api/)** - REST API documentation
- **[Deployment](https://docs.calinora.io/deployment/)** - Docker, Docker Compose, Kubernetes, and standalone
- **[Guides](https://docs.calinora.io/guides/)** - Tutorials and best practices
- **[Reference](https://docs.calinora.io/reference/)** - Metrics, licensing, and changelog

Questions or feedback? Reach us at <support@calinora.io>.