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pashutaz/kafka-client
=====================

Lightweight PHP Kafka service wrapper with ext-rdkafka (recommended)

v0.1(8mo ago)10MITPHP

Since Nov 25Pushed 7mo agoCompare

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Kafka service
=============

[](#kafka-service)

Install librdkafka
------------------

[](#install-librdkafka)

`sudo apt-get install -y librdkafka-dev`

Install PECL-package
--------------------

[](#install-pecl-package)

`sudo pecl install rdkafka`

###  Health Score

24

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LowBetter than 30% of packages

Maintenance61

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity2

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity25

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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

265d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

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