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centralapps/authentication
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An abstract authentication framework

v1.1.0(11y ago)364721PHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Mar 14Pushed 11y ago1 watchersCompare

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Authentication component
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[](#authentication-component)

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An abstract authentication component, designed to work with a range of providers. Included providers:

- Username & Password (e.g. POST data) provider
- SESSION (persisting logins)
- COOKIE (persisting logins accross sessions)

###  Health Score

31

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LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity61

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 98.6% 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 ~68 days

Total

3

Last Release

4362d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/6132ed4ce3683ee41415742612934b9b6e521288782316250a7ede778711f8bf?d=identicon)[mkpeacock](/maintainers/mkpeacock)

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Top Contributors

[![mkpeacock](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/437037?v=4)](https://github.com/mkpeacock "mkpeacock (71 commits)")[![andytait](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3502280?v=4)](https://github.com/andytait "andytait (1 commits)")

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Tags

Authenticationsessioncookie

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