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apereo/phpcas
=============

Provides a simple API for authenticating users against a CAS server

1.6.2(2mo ago)8051.5M↓12.5%418[26 issues](https://github.com/apereo/phpCAS/issues)[3 PRs](https://github.com/apereo/phpCAS/pulls)20Apache-2.0PHPPHP &gt;=7.1.0CI passing

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phpCAS
======

[](#phpcas)

phpCAS is an authentication library that allows PHP applications to easily authenticate users via a Central Authentication Service (CAS) server.

Please see the wiki website for more information:

Api documentation can be found here:

[![Test](https://github.com/apereo/phpCAS/actions/workflows/test.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/apereo/phpCAS/actions/workflows/test.yml)

LICENSE
-------

[](#license)

Copyright 2007-2026, Apereo Foundation. This project includes software developed by Apereo Foundation.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this software except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.

###  Health Score

71

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ExcellentBetter than 100% of packages

Maintenance93

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity66

Solid adoption and visibility

Community51

Growing community involvement

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 60.1% 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 ~390 days

Recently: every ~446 days

Total

12

Last Release

72d ago

PHP version history (4 changes)1.3.3PHP &gt;=5.0.0

1.3.5PHP &gt;=5.4.0

1.4.0PHP &gt;=7.0.0

1.5.0PHP &gt;=7.1.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

authenticationcasphpssocasjasigapereo

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

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