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dereuromark/cakephp-captcha
===========================

A CakePHP plugin to integrate captchas.

2.3.1(3mo ago)842.3k↓11.1%122MITPHPPHP >=8.2CI passing

Since Sep 22Pushed 2mo ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-captcha)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/dereuromark/cakephp-captcha)[ Docs](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-captcha)[ RSS](/packages/dereuromark-cakephp-captcha/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago

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Captcha Plugin for CakePHP
==========================

[](#captcha-plugin-for-cakephp)

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Allows any type of image-based captchas for your forms.

A CakePHP plugin to
-------------------

[](#a-cakephp-plugin-to)

- Easily integrate captchas in your CakePHP application.

This plugin requires **CakePHP 5.1+**. See [version map](https://github.com/dereuromark/cakephp-captcha/wiki#cakephp-version-map) for details.

### What's in this plugin

[](#whats-in-this-plugin)

- Simple match captchas that will already do the trick without annoying "I can't read those letters".
- Passive captcha option for basic protection without requiring user input ("honeypot trap").
- Extendable interface approach to easily hook in your own engine.

### What are the gotchas

[](#what-are-the-gotchas)

- Dead simple, no fancy JS or alike.
- Cross-tab safe (not session based as in overwriting each other per request).
- Completely stand-alone plugin, no third party stuff involved/needed.

Demo
----

[](#demo)

See

Setup
-----

[](#setup)

```
composer require dereuromark/cakephp-captcha

```

and

```
bin/cake plugin load Captcha

```

or manually add it to your `plugins.php` or `Application::bootstrap()` setup.

For active captchas you also need to import the SQL schema. The quickest way is using Migrations plugin:

```
bin/cake migrations migrate -p Captcha

```

For the match captcha, make sure you got the gd lib installed:

- `sudo apt-get install php{version}-gd`

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

See [Docs](docs/).

###  Health Score

61

—

FairBetter than 99% of packages

Maintenance85

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity37

Limited adoption so far

Community21

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity86

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 95.1% 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 ~133 days

Recently: every ~144 days

Total

24

Last Release

94d ago

Major Versions

0.1.4 → 1.0.0-beta2020-01-09

1.4.0 → 2.0.02023-10-10

PHP version history (6 changes)0.1.0PHP >=5.6

1.0.0-betaPHP >=7.2

1.1.2PHP >=7.3

1.3.0PHP >=7.4

2.0.0PHP >=8.1

2.3.1PHP >=8.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/39854?v=4)[Mark Scherer](/maintainers/dereuromark)[@dereuromark](https://github.com/dereuromark)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

cakephpcakephp-plugincaptchapluginsecuritycakephpcaptchas

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