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garybell/password-validator
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Password validation determined by password entropy

2.2.1(4y ago)3110.3k↑200%MITPHP ^7.4|^8.0|^8.1

Since Oct 22Compare

[ Source](https://gitlab.com/garybell/password-validation/)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/garybell/password-validator)[ RSS](/packages/garybell-password-validator/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago

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###  Health Score

34

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LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity29

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

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 ~46 days

Recently: every ~80 days

Total

8

Last Release

1698d ago

Major Versions

0.1.2 → 1.0.02020-10-27

1.0.1 → 2.0.02020-11-05

PHP version history (4 changes)0.1.1PHP ^7.3

2.0.0PHP ^7.4

2.1.0PHP ^7.4|^8.0

2.2.1PHP ^7.4|^8.0|^8.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/9582e09214930963409d620561ba7207c3ba04a4ca0a42c13221b0b1dfab9ff7?d=identicon)[garybell](/maintainers/garybell)

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Tags

validationsecuritypasswordentropystrength

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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