# Netflix/curator

ZooKeeper client wrapper and rich ZooKeeper framework

Repository: https://github.com/Netflix/curator
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/netflix-curator
Homepage: http://netflix.github.com/curator
Language: Java
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2023-03-24T09:35:04+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5529, "days_push": 1258, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2131, forks 419 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:17.165711+00:00)

## What it is
Netflix Curator is a Java framework and client wrapper for Apache ZooKeeper that simplifies distributed coordination. The main project has moved to Apache (curator.apache.org), and this repository now hosts only Netflix-specific extensions to Curator.

## Use cases
- manage ZooKeeper connections with retry and reliability guarantees
- implement distributed locks and leader election with ZooKeeper
- simplify ZooKeeper recipe usage in JVM services
- use Netflix-specific extensions to Apache Curator
- bridge ZKClient-based code to Curator

## When to choose
- you need a high-level, reliable ZooKeeper client for Java
- you want battle-tested distributed coordination recipes like locks and leader election
- you specifically need Netflix's extensions to Apache Curator

## When to avoid
- you need the actively developed core Curator framework - use Apache Curator instead
- your project does not use ZooKeeper
- you need a non-JVM language client

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: middleware, developer-tools
- domain: microservices, developer-tools
- platform: jvm
- tags: zookeeper, distributed-coordination, netflix-extensions, apache-curator

## Member repositories
- Netflix/curator (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:17.165711+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 2026-08-30T02:52:06.224088+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Netflix/curator (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:17.165711+00:00, sha 594511e4af6c)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.