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defuse/php-passgen
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PHP Random Password Generator Library

v1.0.1(11y ago)4017.7k18[5 issues](https://github.com/defuse/php-passgen/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/defuse/php-passgen/pulls)MITPHPPHP >=5.4.0

Since Mar 14Pushed 3y ago7 watchersCompare

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php-passgen
===========

[](#php-passgen)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/4299f0cf628814f893599a696840b0dcf9c696631dd3d62d4b4fa0e5dfe9383b/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6465667573652f7068702d7061737367656e2e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/defuse/php-passgen)

A MIT-licensed library for generating cryptographically secure passwords in PHP.

Audit Status
------------

[](#audit-status)

Although it has been developed with security as the top priority, and with secure coding practices in mind, this code has not received any professional review.

###  Health Score

36

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LowBetter than 79% of packages

Maintenance18

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity37

Limited adoption so far

Community19

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 86.4% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

4128d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3c57efb364a2279bf840143f70e41749a147ec73ebbb248c36feaffeccee1b48?d=identicon)[DefuseSec](/maintainers/DefuseSec)

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Top Contributors

[![defuse](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4211072?v=4)](https://github.com/defuse "defuse (19 commits)")[![glensc](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/199095?v=4)](https://github.com/glensc "glensc (1 commits)")[![kakserpom](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/175350?v=4)](https://github.com/kakserpom "kakserpom (1 commits)")[![sarciszewski](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3710836?v=4)](https://github.com/sarciszewski "sarciszewski (1 commits)")

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Tags

randomsecuritygeneratepasswords

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