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esolitos/pwnedpasswords
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Generic service to query Troy's pwnedpasswords.com service.

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`esolitos/pwnedpasswords`: Check how broken is your password
============================================================

[](#esolitospwnedpasswords-check-how-broken-is-your-password)

Generic php service built to query Troy Hunt's  API service and let you know how "broken" is your password, *without actually sending your password*.

More info about this on Troy's [first blog post](https://www.troyhunt.com/introducing-306-million-freely-downloadable-pwned-passwords/) *(about Pwned Passwords v1)*, the [follow up post](https://www.troyhunt.com/ive-just-launched-pwned-passwords-version-2/) *(about v2, the version used by this library)* and finally [the post on Cloudflare](https://blog.cloudflare.com/validating-leaked-passwords-with-k-anonymity/) blog *(in which k-anonymity is explained in depth)*.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Via composer: `composer require esolitos/pwnedpasswords`

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

The usage is very simple, just create the object and call

```
$mySafePassword = 'p@ssword';

$validator = Esolitos\PwnedPasswords\PwnageValidator();
$pwnedCount = $validator->getPasswordPwnage($mySafePassword);

print_r($pwnedCount)

> 47205
```

### *Bonus points: Drupal module*

[](#bonus-points-drupal-module)

This library was initially built for the drupal module: [Pwned Passwords](https://www.drupal.org/project/pwned_passwords)

###  Health Score

50

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FairBetter than 96% of packages

Maintenance71

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity36

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity68

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 85.7% 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 ~927 days

Total

4

Last Release

222d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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