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icecave/overpass
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A basic pub/sub, RPC and task queue system.

2.0.3(7y ago)913.9k5[7 issues](https://github.com/IcecaveStudios/overpass/issues)MITPHPPHP >=5.5

Since Oct 27Pushed 7y ago2 watchersCompare

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Overpass
========

[](#overpass)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/42d05d4ba4e54393ea526439f6fc2b57359328bcaa0f7523c2f2f99d0c7b954d/687474703a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7472617669732f4963656361766553747564696f732f6f766572706173732f6d61737465722e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://travis-ci.org/IcecaveStudios/overpass)[![Test Coverage](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/dedbad26e4ce0d8bc5ca71d12f21ae911edebb84bb377b421b87aec2471ba908/687474703a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f636f766572616c6c732f4963656361766553747564696f732f6f766572706173732f6d61737465722e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](https://coveralls.io/r/IcecaveStudios/overpass?branch=master)[![SemVer](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/055c313b4dc10614b151ac7147c24b26e91bd55a4320824d493f2442695a3826/687474703a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f3a73656d7665722d322e302e332d677265656e2e7376673f7374796c653d666c61742d737175617265)](http://semver.org)

**Overpass** is a basic pub/sub and RPC system for PHP.

- Install via [Composer](http://getcomposer.org) package [icecave/overpass](https://packagist.org/packages/icecave/overpass)
- Read the [API documentation](http://icecavestudios.github.io/overpass/artifacts/documentation/api/)

Message Brokers
---------------

[](#message-brokers)

- [Rabbit MQ / AMQP](src/Amqp)
- Redis (not yet implemented)

Examples
--------

[](#examples)

- Pub/Sub
    - [Publisher](examples/pubsub-publisher)
    - [Subscriber](examples/pubsub-subscriber)
- RPC
    - [Server](examples/rpc-server)
    - [Client](examples/rpc-client)

Contact us
----------

[](#contact-us)

- Follow [@IcecaveStudios](https://twitter.com/IcecaveStudios) on Twitter
- Visit the [Icecave Studios website](http://icecave.com.au)
- Join `#icecave` on [irc.freenode.net](http://webchat.freenode.net?channels=icecave)

###  Health Score

31

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LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance4

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity28

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 77.9% 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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~122 days

Recently: every ~213 days

Total

14

Last Release

2620d ago

Major Versions

0.3.5 → 1.0.02016-11-08

1.0.1 → 2.0.02017-03-06

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![jmalloc](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/761536?v=4)](https://github.com/jmalloc "jmalloc (88 commits)")[![koden-km](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1037307?v=4)](https://github.com/koden-km "koden-km (14 commits)")[![darianbr](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1787188?v=4)](https://github.com/darianbr "darianbr (9 commits)")[![ezzatron](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/100152?v=4)](https://github.com/ezzatron "ezzatron (2 commits)")

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Tags

rpcqueuejobpublishAMQPtaskremotesubscriberabbitpubsubcallprocedurermi

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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