# zhihu/kids

Kids Is Data Stream

Repository: https://github.com/zhihu/kids
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kids
Language: C++
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2020-08-10T06:08:01+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4275, "days_push": 2214, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1214, forks 205 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:00.883282+00:00)

## What it is
Kids is a log aggregation system written in C++ that collects and distributes messages across machines, inspired by Facebook's Scribe with a pub/sub model ported from Redis. It speaks the Redis protocol, supports real-time subscription, distributed collection, and message persistence with no third-party dependencies.

## Use cases
- aggregate logs from many servers into one place
- pub/sub message streaming between services
- collect and persist event streams in real time
- replace Scribe for log collection
- subscribe to log topics with redis-cli
- centralize application logs for processing

## When to choose
- you need a lightweight, dependency-free log collector speaking the Redis protocol
- you want Scribe-style distributed log aggregation with pub/sub
- you run Linux servers and want simple C++ deployment or Docker

## When to avoid
- you need a modern, actively developed streaming platform like Kafka
- you need rich ecosystem tooling, monitoring, or cloud-native integrations
- you need guaranteed exactly-once delivery or high-throughput partitioning

## Facets
- artifact type: service
- maturity: maintenance
- function: message-queue, streaming, logging
- domain: microservices, backend
- platform: cpp, self-hosted
- tags: log-aggregation, pub-sub, redis-protocol, scribe-like, message-persistence, messaging, devops, linux, macos, docker

## Member repositories
- zhihu/kids (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:00.883282+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:17:54.986346+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/zhihu/kids (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:00.883282+00:00, sha d76e72522693)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.