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blocktrail/simply-random
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A simple library for generating secure randomness (strings, integers, shuffling)

v2.0.0(9y ago)77.8kMITPHP >=5.6.0

Since Dec 15Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/blocktrail/simply-random-php)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/blocktrail/simply-random)[ Docs](https://github.com/blocktrail/simply-random)[ RSS](/packages/blocktrail-simply-random/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago

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###  Health Score

32

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LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity25

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 66.7% 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 ~750 days

Total

2

Last Release

3413d ago

Major Versions

v1.0.0 → v2.0.02017-01-04

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=5.3.0

v2.0.0PHP >=5.6.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![rubensayshi](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/649160?v=4)](https://github.com/rubensayshi "rubensayshi (14 commits)")[![ircmaxell](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/660654?v=4)](https://github.com/ircmaxell "ircmaxell (4 commits)")[![afk11](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5617245?v=4)](https://github.com/afk11 "afk11 (3 commits)")

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Tags

random

###  Code Quality

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