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dpkp

kafka-python

Python client for Apache Kafka
PyPI GitHub

Shared Repository

This package shares its GitHub repository (dpkp/kafka-python) with 3 other packages. Stars, forks, and other GitHub metrics reflect the entire repository.
Downloads
Day
1.0M
Week
5.9M
Month
23.5M
Stars
5.9K
Forks
1.5K
Issues
32
Version
2.3.1

Package Insights

What's this?
Score breakdown - each component scores 0-100, weighted by percentage
Maintenance
100
Popularity
82
Adoption
80
Community
80
How the maintenance status was determined
Last commit
1 days ago
Monthly downloads
23,485,229
• Active
Activity within 30 days
Stable
Activity within 31-180 days
Minimal
Activity within 181-365 days, or no activity data
At Risk
No activity for > 365 days, but > 10,000 monthly downloads
Archived
Repository flagged as archived on GitHub
How the popularity category was determined
Monthly downloads
23,485,229
Stars
5,892
Stars per 1k downloads
0.25
• Industry Standard
> 10,000,000 monthly downloads
Hidden Gem
< 0.5 stars per 1k downloads and > 100,000 monthly downloads
Community Favorite
> 5 stars per 1k downloads
Rising Star
Balanced ratio of stars to downloads
Unknown
Fewer than 1,000 monthly downloads, or no star data
How download momentum is calculated
Week daily avg
838,545
Month daily avg
782,841
Momentum
+7.1%
((week_daily_avg - month_daily_avg) / month_daily_avg) * 100
Python version support tiers
requires_python
Not specified
Cutting Edge
Minimum supported version is 3.12 or newer
Modern
Minimum supported version is 3.9, 3.10, or 3.11
Legacy
Supports 3.8 or older (or Python 2)
• Unknown
No requires_python specified or unparseable
Package does not declare a minimum Python version.
License categories
License
Apache Software License
• Permissive
MIT, Apache, BSD, ISC, Unlicense, CC0, etc.
Copyleft
GPL, LGPL, AGPL, MPL, EPL, etc.
Proprietary
Commercial, all rights reserved, custom EULAs
Unknown
No license specified, or none of the above match
How the release cadence was determined
Last release
42 days ago
Total releases
67
Releases/year
5.5
Rapid
Last release within 365 days and > 12 releases/year
• Regular
Last release within 365 days
Slow
Last release 366-730 days ago
Stalled
Last release > 730 days ago, or no releases
Unknown
No usable release date available
How contributor risk was determined
Contributors
224
Monthly downloads
23,485,229
High Load
≤ 2 contributors and ≥ 50,000 monthly downloads
Moderate Load
< 10 contributors and ≥ 500,000 monthly downloads
Low Load
< 25 contributors and ≥ 5,000,000 monthly downloads, or sole maintainer with ≥ 10,000 monthly downloads
• Balanced
Enough contributors for the package's popularity
Unknown
No contributor data available
Engagement
65
 
Issue Burden
5.4
per 1k stars
Discussions
0.0
per 1k stars
Fork Ratio
15.4%
contrib / forks
Stale Release
No
 
PR Velocity
Quiet
 

Weekly Downloads

GitHub Stars

Not all downloads include detailed metadata. Breakdowns reflect the subset that does.

Downloads by OS

Linux 590.4K
Windows 2.6K
macOS 736

Python Versions

3.11
38.8% 201.8K
3.10
32.3% 167.7K
3.12
16.2% 84.3K
3.8
6.6% 34.5K
3.13
6.1% 31.5K

Top Countries

1. US US
332.4K
2. IN IN
64.4K
3. DE DE
47.9K
4. SG SG
25.0K
5. IE IE
21.4K
6. CA CA
19.9K
7. NL NL
18.4K
8. GB GB
12.5K
9. KR KR
9.7K
10. JP JP
9.2K

GitHub Topics

Tags from the package's GitHub repository describing what it does.

Package Information

License
Apache Software License
First Release
March 26, 2014
Last Release
1 month ago
Last Commit
Yesterday
Latest Version
2.3.1
Total Releases
67
Contributors
224
Open PRs
1
Archived
No
Python Versions
2 2.7 3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13
Wheels
py2 py3
Keywords
apache kafka kafka
Tracking Since
January 6, 2026
Data Updated
May 17, 2026
Data Freshness
Fresh

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