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mwangaben/nats-php-client
=========================

Official PHP client for NATS messaging system

1.0.0(4mo ago)041MITPHPPHP ^8.0|^8.1|^8.2|^8.3

Since Jan 10Pushed 4mo agoCompare

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NATS PHP Client
===============

[](#nats-php-client)

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Official PHP client for the NATS messaging system. NATS is a simple, secure and performant communications system for digital systems, services and devices.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require mwangaben/nats-php-nats-client
```

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Full NATS protocol support
- Publish/Subscribe messaging
- Request/Reply pattern
- Queue groups
- TLS/SSL support
- Automatic reconnection
- Connection pooling
- Multiple encoding formats (JSON, raw, etc.)
- Comprehensive error handling
- PSR standards compliant

Installation
------------

[](#installation-1)

```
composer require mwangaben/nats-php/nats-client
```

**CHANGELOG.md**
----------------

[](#changelogmd)

```
# Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).

## [2.0.0] - 2024-01-10

### Added
- Official NATS PHP client package
- Full NATS protocol support
- TLS/SSL encryption support
- Automatic reconnection with configurable attempts
- Queue groups support
- Request/Reply pattern (sync & async)
- Multiple encoders (JSON, Raw)
- Comprehensive error handling
- Connection statistics
- Debug logging
- PSR standards compliance
- Unit tests
- Examples and documentation

### Changed
- Complete rewrite with modern PHP practices
- Improved architecture with separation of concerns
- Better error messages and exceptions
- Enhanced performance and reliability

## [1.0.0] - Initial Release
- Basic NATS client functionality
- Publish/Subscribe support
- Basic authentication
```

###  Health Score

36

—

LowBetter than 82% of packages

Maintenance78

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity3

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

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

121d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ccbda990e5435d93d7569bc8f17b0528421b13d469c0b8023b86db3bc5a1e369?d=identicon)[mwangaben](/maintainers/mwangaben)

---

Top Contributors

[![mwangaben](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/17113999?v=4)](https://github.com/mwangaben "mwangaben (3 commits)")

---

Tags

queuemessagingmicroservicespubsubnatsphp-natsnats-php

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

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