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afk11/pkcs5
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Library for PKCS5 v2 key derivation & and message encryption

v0.0.10(9y ago)1731MITPHP

Since Jul 12Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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PKCS #5 (v2.0) utilities in PHP
-------------------------------

[](#pkcs-5-v20-utilities-in-php)

```
NB: This library is neither *complete* or *fully tested*.
If you come across this warning, it means the code isn't suitable to rely
on yet. Please bear with me, or submit a pull request to speed things along!

```

PKCS #5 is a specification for password-based encryption. It allows users to express the encryption algorithm, and key-derivation-function to be used with a password to derive a symmetric key.

The scope of this library is initially limited to the primitives recommended for new implementations as described in .

### Ciphers

[](#ciphers)

The library works with AES128, AES192, and AES256 ciphers.

### Key derivation function

[](#key-derivation-function)

Currently, PBKDF2 is the only supported key derivation function. It allows the use of SHA1, SHA224, SHA256, SHA384, and SHA512.

###  Health Score

27

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LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

10

Last Release

3589d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

encryptionaeskeypbkdf2ECDSAderivationpkcs5

###  Code Quality

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