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dpaniagua/cardinal
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Laravel user role and permissions system

v1.0-alpha(7y ago)00MITPHPPHP ^7.3

Since Feb 10Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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Cardinal: A Laravel user role and permission system

###  Health Score

18

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LowBetter than 8% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity0

Limited adoption so far

Community5

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2645d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b7cd3d98a8b508d6b4560e683d0dfe383b998c71169b6f4f9d249e0f3a6e38bd?d=identicon)[dpaniagua0](/maintainers/dpaniagua0)

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Top Contributors

[![dpaniagua0](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1273602?v=4)](https://github.com/dpaniagua0 "dpaniagua0 (3 commits)")

###  Code Quality

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