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eig/apiauth
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An extended JWT authentication system for JSON API's in PHP

v2.x-dev(10y ago)0252MITPHP >=5.6

Since Feb 24Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/excellentingenuity/APIAuth)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/eig/apiauth)[ Docs](https://github.com/excellentingenuity/APIAuth)[ RSS](/packages/eig-apiauth/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago

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###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

Maturing project, gaining track record

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 ~3 days

Recently: every ~12 days

Total

25

Last Release

3656d ago

Major Versions

1.0-alpha.23 → v2.x-dev2016-05-04

### Community

Maintainers

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Tags

jwtjsonapiAuthentication

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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