# sgroschupf/zkclient

a zookeeper client, that makes life a little easier.

Repository: https://github.com/sgroschupf/zkclient
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/zkclient
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2024-03-14T19:04:50+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": 6272, "days_push": 902, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1078, forks 476 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:29.775571+00:00)

## What it is
ZkClient is a Java library that wraps the Apache ZooKeeper client API to make working with ZooKeeper simpler and more convenient. It provides an easier-to-use interface for common ZooKeeper operations like watching nodes and handling session events.

## Use cases
- connect to zookeeper from java
- simplify zookeeper client code
- watch znode changes in java
- manage zookeeper sessions and reconnection
- build distributed coordination on zookeeper

## When to choose
- you use ZooKeeper from Java and want a friendlier API than the raw client
- you need event-driven znode watching with serialization support
- you want a small, proven wrapper library with minimal dependencies

## When to avoid
- you use a framework that already bundles a ZooKeeper client like Curator or Kafka's built-in client
- you need a non-JVM language
- you need actively developed features, since the project is in maintenance mode

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: database-driver, concurrency, developer-tools
- domain: microservices, developer-tools, databases
- platform: jvm, cross-platform
- tags: zookeeper, coordination, java-library, distributed-coordination

## Member repositories
- sgroschupf/zkclient (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:29.775571+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 2026-08-30T06:53:12.227962+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sgroschupf/zkclient (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:29.775571+00:00, sha af450b7213fe)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.