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fpoirotte/cryptal
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Cryptography Abstraction Layer

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Cryptography Abstraction Layer for PHP
======================================

[](#cryptography-abstraction-layer-for-php)

Cryptal provides a unified API to help developers create applications that use cryptographic primitives and work in various environments. That way, developers can focus on writing the logic for their application rather than having to deal with subtleties in cryptographic implementations.

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

[](#installation)

See [this page](http://cryptal.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Installation.html)

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

See [this page](http://cryptal.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Usage.html)

Full documentation
------------------

[](#full-documentation)

Visit .

Contributions
-------------

[](#contributions)

To contribute patches for the API:

- [Fork this project](https://github.com/fpoirotte/cryptal/fork)
- Prepare your patch
- [Submit a pull request](https://github.com/fpoirotte/cryptal/pull/new/)

To contribute a new implementation, follow the guidelines listed on [this page](http://cryptal.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Implementers.html).

License
-------

[](#license)

This project is released under the MIT license. See the [LICENSE](https://github.com/fpoirotte/cryptal/blob/master/LICENSE)file for more information.

###  Health Score

22

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LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance13

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity39

Early-stage or recently created project

 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.

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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