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latetrains/php-kafka-client
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A PHP Client to communicate with Kafka and Confluent Brokers

0.0.1(6y ago)06MITPHPPHP ^7.4

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PHP Kafka Client
================

[](#php-kafka-client)

A simple and easy to use PHP Kafka which uses the rdkafka PHP extension.

Install
-------

[](#install)

`composer require latetrains/php-kafka-client`

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

1. PHP 7.4
2. rdkafka PHP extension

Examples
--------

[](#examples)

See the `examples` folder

###  Health Score

21

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LowBetter than 18% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity46

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2237d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4634220?v=4)[Richie Hughes](/maintainers/richardhughes)[@richardhughes](https://github.com/richardhughes)

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Top Contributors

[![richardhughes](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4634220?v=4)](https://github.com/richardhughes "richardhughes (1 commits)")

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