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cemerson/auth
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A framework & data storage independent authentication library for PHP 7

v0.8(5y ago)12.2k1[1 PRs](https://github.com/chrisemerson/auth/pulls)MITPHPPHP ^7.3 | ^8.0

Since Aug 25Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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cemerson/auth
=============

[](#cemersonauth)

A framework & datastorage independent authentication library for PHP

This library was put together with the help of the following resources:

-

Still to implement:

- Configurable rate limiting
- Password strength requirements?
- Password changing
- Password reset / Forgotten password feature?
- Password generation?
- Two factor authentication?

Not in scope:

- Roles, groups etc

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 66% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~174 days

Recently: every ~381 days

Total

11

Last Release

1850d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)v0.1PHP ^7.0

v0.8PHP ^7.3 | ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1080397?v=4)[EM3R50N](/maintainers/cemerson)[@cemerson](https://github.com/cemerson)

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Top Contributors

[![chrisemerson](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4631704?v=4)](https://github.com/chrisemerson "chrisemerson (21 commits)")

###  Code Quality

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