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hedi/sentinel
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PHP 7.3+ Fully-featured Authentication &amp; Authorization System

v6.1(1y ago)0494BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP ^8.2

Since Jul 10Pushed 1y agoCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/aramhuseiny/sentinel)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/hedi/sentinel)[ RSS](/packages/hedi-sentinel/feed)WikiDiscussions ahuseiny Synced 1w ago

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Sentinel
========

[](#sentinel)

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Sentinel is a PHP 7.3+ framework agnostic fully-featured authentication &amp; authorization system. It also provides additional features such as user roles and additional security features.

An open source package by [Cartalyst](https://cartalyst.com), code well, rock on!

Version Matrix
--------------

[](#version-matrix)

VersionLaravelPHP Version6.x9.0&gt;= 8.05.x8.0&gt;= 7.34.x7.0&gt;= 7.2.53.x6.0&gt;= 7.22.x5.0&gt;= 5.4.01.x4.1 - 5.0&gt;= 5.4.0Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

Reader-friendly documentation can be found [here](https://cartalyst.com/manual/sentinel).

Using the package, but you're stuck? Found a bug? Have a question or suggestion for improving this package? Feel free to create an issue on GitHub, we'll try to address it as soon as possible.

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Thank you for your interest, here are some of the many ways to contribute.

- Check out our [contributing guide](/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md)
- Look at our [code of conduct](/.github/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)

Security
--------

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

License
-------

[](#license)

This software is released under the [BSD 3-Clause](LICENSE) License.

###  Health Score

44

—

FairBetter than 92% of packages

Maintenance41

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community19

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity90

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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 ~67 days

Recently: every ~311 days

Total

58

Last Release

489d ago

Major Versions

v1.0.17 → v2.0.142017-01-30

2.0.x-dev → v3.0.02019-09-11

v3.0.4 → 4.x-dev2020-03-05

v4.0.0 → v5.0.02020-09-12

v5.1.5 → v6.0.02022-04-06

PHP version history (7 changes)v0.1.0PHP &gt;=5.4.0

v3.0.0PHP ^7.2

4.x-devPHP ^7.2.5

v5.0.0PHP ^7.3

v5.1.0PHP ^7.3 || ^8.0

v6.0.0PHP ^8.0

v6.1PHP ^8.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ffa08cc454105b192bfafb680a42eadf340f8e11db3a1d83a41cb4b75dd6496c?d=identicon)[ahuseiny](/maintainers/ahuseiny)

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Tags

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###  Code Quality

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