#1137081 ITP: aiokafka -- Kafka integration with asyncio

Package:
wnpp
Source:
wnpp
Submitter:
Tianyu Chen
Date:
2026-05-19 19:15:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1137081#5
Date:
2026-05-19 09:31:45 UTC
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* Package name    : aiokafka
  Version         : 0.14.0
  Upstream Contact: Andrew Svetlov <andrew.svetlov@gmail.com>
* URL             : https://github.com/aio-libs/aiokafka
* License         : Apache-2
  Programming Lang: Python
  Description     : Kafka integration with asyncio

aiokafka is a client for the Apache Kafka distributed stream processing
system using asyncio.

This library is a dependency of Home Assistant, the Python smart home platform.
I plan to maintain this package under Home Assistant Team.
#1137081#10
Date:
2026-05-19 13:22:28 UTC
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Hi there,

Thanks for packaging this library!

First of all, it's not clear from neither the package name, nor the
package description, that this is a Python library. Folks versed in the
Python ecosystem may recognize the asyncio name and make the connection
but perhaps it should be more explicit. I would suggest naming the
source package "python-aiokafka" and of course the binary package
python3-aiokafka (etc.). It'd be also great to mention Python somewhere
in the package description.

Second, it's worth pointing out that Confluent's library, packaged in
Debian as python3-confluent-kafka, will support asyncio with the 2.13
release (not yet in Debian):
https://www.confluent.io/blog/confluent-kafka-clients-2-13-0-release-python-async/

It would perhaps be nice to clarify the strengths of aiokafka over the
"official" implementation in the package description.

Regards,
Faidon
#1137081#15
Date:
2026-05-19 16:37:20 UTC
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Control: retitle -1 ITP: python-aiokafka -- Kafka integration with asyncio

Thanks! I didn't add the python- prefix because this package is part of
aio-libs. src:aio{cache,ftp,mysql} dont have python- so I didn't prefix
that. Retitled.
https://aiokafka.readthedocs.io/en/stable/kafka-python_difference.html
#1137081#22
Date:
2026-05-19 19:13:36 UTC
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That's a fair point! I see a bunch of source packages named aio*
indeed. Plenty are also named python-aio*. I have a slight preference
for python-aio* for the reasons I stated, but given the precedent I'll
understand your decision either way!

Sadly this is comparing aiokafka not to confluent-kafka, but to a
_third_ implementation, kafka-python. Debian packages a fork of
kafka-python (i.e. technically yet another implementation), named
kafka-python-ng, as src:python-kafka. Part of the reason why I asked for
a comparison is exactly the fact that so many exist :) That's a
nice-to-have though, not something I would consider a blocker.

Regards,
Faidon