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coreymcmahon/phpass
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PHP Password Library: Easy, secure password management for PHP

v4.0.1(9y ago)039MITPHP >=5.3.7

Since Feb 24Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/coreymcmahon/phpass)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/coreymcmahon/phpass)[ Docs](https://github.com/coreymcmahon/phpass)[ RSS](/packages/coreymcmahon-phpass/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 2mo ago

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###  Health Score

26

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LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

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 ~376 days

Recently: every ~456 days

Total

6

Last Release

3304d ago

Major Versions

v2.0.2-p1 → v3.0.0beta12012-08-14

3.x-dev → v4.0.02017-04-22

PHP version history (3 changes)v2.0.1PHP >=5.3.1

v2.0.2-p1PHP >=5.3.7

v3.0.0beta1PHP >=5.3.8

### Community

Maintainers

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Tags

cryptographypassword

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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