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cedx/akismet
============

Prevent comment spam using the Akismet service.

17.0.0(3mo ago)23.7k[1 issues](https://github.com/cedx/akismet.php/issues)MITPHPPHP >=8.5.0CI passing

Since Nov 9Pushed 1mo ago1 watchersCompare

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Akismet for PHP
===============

[](#akismet-for-php)

Prevent comment spam using [Akismet](https://akismet.com) service, in [PHP](https://www.php.net).

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

- [User guide](https://github.com/cedx/akismet.php/tree/main/docs)
- [Examples](https://github.com/cedx/akismet.php/tree/main/example)

Development
-----------

[](#development)

- [Git repository](https://github.com/cedx/akismet.php)
- [Submit an issue](https://github.com/cedx/akismet.php/issues)

License
-------

[](#license)

[Akismet for PHP](https://github.com/cedx/akismet.php) is distributed under the MIT License.

###  Health Score

54

—

FairBetter than 97% of packages

Maintenance75

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity91

Battle-tested with a long release history

 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 ~140 days

Recently: every ~271 days

Total

25

Last Release

118d ago

Major Versions

v12.1.0 → 13.0.02020-12-11

13.0.0 → 14.0.02022-06-24

14.1.0 → 15.0.02023-01-31

15.1.0 → 16.0.02024-04-26

16.0.0 → 17.0.02026-01-21

PHP version history (7 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=7.0.0

v11.0.0PHP >=7.1.0

v12.0.0PHP >=7.4.0

13.0.0PHP >=8.0.0

14.0.0PHP >=8.1.0

16.0.0PHP >=8.3.0

17.0.0PHP >=8.5.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1643950?v=4)[Cédric Belin](/maintainers/cedx)[@cedx](https://github.com/cedx)

---

Top Contributors

[![cedx](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1643950?v=4)](https://github.com/cedx "cedx (65 commits)")

---

Tags

akismetphpapiclientvalidationspamcommentAkismet

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Type Coverage Yes

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/cedx-akismet/health.svg)

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