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retrinko/cottontail
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RabbitMQ basic communication patterns

v0.3(10y ago)3224[1 issues](https://github.com/retrinko/cottontail/issues)MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0

Since Jul 7Pushed 9y agoCompare

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retrinko/cottontail
===================

[](#retrinkocottontail)

**retrinko/cottontail** is a wrapper for [php-amqplib/php-amqplib](https://github.com/php-amqplib/php-amqplib) and provides implementations for some basic comunication patterns as:

- Publisher
- Subscriber
- RPC-Server
- RPC-Client

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

[](#installation)

Install the latest version with

```
$ composer require retrinko/cottontail

```

Samples
-------

[](#samples)

- Publisher: [view sample](https://github.com/retrinko/cottontail/blob/master/samples/publisher.php)
- Subscriber: [view sample](https://github.com/retrinko/cottontail/blob/master/samples/subscriber.php)
- RPC Server: [view sample](https://github.com/retrinko/cottontail/blob/master/samples/rpc/server.php)
- RPC Client: [view sample](https://github.com/retrinko/cottontail/blob/master/samples/rpc/client.php)

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 30% of packages

Maintenance13

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

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 ~4 days

Total

6

Last Release

3670d ago

Major Versions

v0.3 → v1.0.0-beta.12016-07-27

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/17164968?v=4)[Miguel A. Graña](/maintainers/retrinko)[@retrinko](https://github.com/retrinko)

---

Top Contributors

[![retrinko](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/17164968?v=4)](https://github.com/retrinko "retrinko (62 commits)")

---

Tags

patternsrabitmq

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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