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python-zk/kazoo

Kazoo is a high-level Python library that makes it easier to use Apache Zookeeper. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/python-zk/kazoo · homepage · Python · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

80/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 43
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 5215
  • days_rel: 165
  • days_push: 10
  • n_releases_24m: 1

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1322 stars · 393 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Kazoo is a high-level Python client library for Apache ZooKeeper, providing a friendlier API on top of the raw protocol. It includes recipes like distributed locks, leader election, and configuration management for distributed systems.

Use cases

  • manage distributed locks in Python
  • implement leader election across service instances
  • store and watch service configuration in ZooKeeper
  • coordinate distributed workers with ZooKeeper
  • watch ZooKeeper nodes for changes in Python
  • build service discovery on ZooKeeper

When to choose

  • your Python services need coordination primitives backed by ZooKeeper
  • you want a maintained, higher-level alternative to the raw ZooKeeper C/Java client bindings
  • you need distributed locks, barriers, or leader election recipes out of the box

When to avoid

  • your infrastructure uses etcd or Consul instead of ZooKeeper
  • you need a client for a language other than Python
  • you only need simple key-value storage without coordination semantics

Facets

library · maturity stable

database-driver configuration-management concurrency developer-tools microservices developer-tools backend python cross-platform zookeeper distributed-coordination leader-election distributed-locks service-discovery

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