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php-kafka/php-simple-kafka-lib
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PHP Simple Kafka library

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php-simple-kafka-lib
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Description
-----------

[](#description)

This is a library that makes it easier to use Kafka in your PHP project.

This library relies on [php-kafka/php-simple-kafka-client](https://github.com/php-kafka/php-simple-kafka-client)
Avro support relies on [flix-tech/avro-serde-php](https://github.com/flix-tech/avro-serde-php)
The [documentation](https://php-kafka.github.io/php-simple-kafka-client.github.io/) of the php extension,
can help out to understand the internals of this library.

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

[](#requirements)

- php: ^7.3|^8.0
- ext-simple\_kafka\_client: >=0.1.0
- librdkafka: >=1.4.0

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require php-kafka/php-simple-kafka-lib

```

### Enable Avro support

[](#enable-avro-support)

If you need Avro support, run:

```
composer require flix-tech/avro-serde-php "~1.4"

```

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

This library was inspired by [jobcloud/php-kafka-lib](https://github.com/jobcloud/php-kafka-lib) 😍

Examples
--------

[](#examples)

Examples can be found [here](https://github.com/php-kafka/php-kafka-examples/tree/main/src/ext-php-simple-kafka-client/php-simple-kafka-lib)

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity35

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

Every ~67 days

Total

3

Last Release

1714d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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