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iankibet/shkafka
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Laravel kafka topic listener

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ShKafka
=======

[](#shkafka)

A simple Kafka client for laravel.

One can listen to a topic and consume messages from it.

One can also produce messages to a topic.

To install the package, run the following command in your terminal

```
composer require iankibet/shkafka
```

Publish Config
--------------

[](#publish-config)

```
php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Iankibet\Shkafka\ShKafkaServiceProvider"
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Once installed and config published, you can use the package by adding the following to your .env file

You can get the values from your kafka cluster

If you need a free kafka cluster, you can get one from [upstash.com](https://upstash.com/)

```
KAFKA_BROKERS=
KAFKA_SASL_PLAIN_USERNAME=
KAFKA_SASL_PLAIN_PASSWORD=
```

To listen to a topic, start by creating a job for the topic you want to listen to.

For example, if you want to listen to a topic called "test", create a job called TestJob

Then go to shkafka.php config file and add the following to the topics array

You can add as many topics as you want in the array

```
'test' => [
            \App\Jobs\TestJob::class,
        ],
```

Then run the following command in your terminal

```
php artisan shkafka:listen
```

When a new message is published to the topic, the job will be dispatched.

To produce a message to a topic, use the following code

```
KafkaRepository::produce('test', [
            'message' => 'test message',
]);
```

###  Health Score

17

—

LowBetter than 6% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity20

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

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