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driehle/php-crypt-md5
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A pure PHP implementation of an MD5-hashsum-based implementation of the crypt routine, which can be used to generate hashs for Apache's passwd files

v3.5.1(1y ago)63.0k↓42.1%1GPL-3.0+PHP >=8.1 <8.5

Since Jun 26Compare

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###  Health Score

44

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FairBetter than 92% of packages

Maintenance40

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity26

Limited adoption so far

Community5

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity86

Battle-tested with a long release history

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 ~600 days

Recently: every ~275 days

Total

8

Last Release

504d ago

Major Versions

v2.0.0 → v3.0.02020-04-14

PHP version history (7 changes)v2.0.0PHP >=5.0

v3.0.0PHP >=7.0

v3.1.0PHP ^7.2 || ~8.0.0

v3.2.0PHP ^7.3 || ~8.0.0 || ~8.1.0

v3.3.0PHP >=7.4 <8.3

v3.4.0PHP >=7.4 <8.4

v3.5.0PHP >=8.1 <8.5

### Community

Maintainers

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Tags

cryptMD5apachehtaccesspasswd

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

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