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patrickmaken/kafka-log-driver
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Laravel, log driver for Kafka

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Laravel log driver for Kafka
============================

[](#laravel-log-driver-for-kafka)

Requirements:
-------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 8.1, 8.2
- Laravel 9, 10
- rdkafka php extension v.6

```
sudo pecl install rdkafka
```

Add the following line to your php.ini file:

```
extension=rdkafka.so

```

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

[](#installation)

You can install the package via composer:

```
composer require patrickmaken/kafka-log-driver
```

For Laravel 9

```
composer require patrickmaken/kafka-log-driver:1.0
```

You can publish the config file with:

```
php artisan vendor:publish --tag="kafka-log-driver-config"
```

This is the contents of the published config file (kafka\_log.php):

```
return [
    // topic name
    'topic'         => env('KAFKA_LOG_FILE_TOPIC'),
    // kafka brokers - "10.0.0.1,10.0.0.2"
    'brokers'       => env('KAFKA_LOG_BROKERS'),
    // timeout - ms
    'flush_timeout' => env('KAFKA_LOG_FLUSH_TIMEOUT', 100)
];
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Add to `.env`

```
KAFKA_LOG_FILE_TOPIC=
KAFKA_LOG_BROKERS=
// if you want to change the default value (100 ms)
KAFKA_LOG_FLUSH_TIMEOUT=

```

Add to `config/logging.php`

```
'channels' => [
    ...
    'kafka' => [
        'driver' => 'custom',
        'via' => Patrickmaken\KafkaLogDriver\KafkaLogger::class,
    ],
    ...
],
```

License
-------

[](#license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see [License File](LICENSE.md) for more information.

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance47

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 75% 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 ~107 days

Total

3

Last Release

400d ago

Major Versions

3.1 → 4.02025-05-29

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/9cd2c51ac8256eafd720a521fc47e3a195f5e3caf61446bc9d73e3d27aa4f151?d=identicon)[patrickbalemaken](/maintainers/patrickbalemaken)

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Top Contributors

[![alexusmai](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7473505?v=4)](https://github.com/alexusmai "alexusmai (3 commits)")[![patrickmaken](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/42263643?v=4)](https://github.com/patrickmaken "patrickmaken (1 commits)")

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