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imarc/fortress
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Request/response based authorization with pluggable gateways

1.0.0(9y ago)18.7k↓75%11MITPHPPHP >=5.6.0

Since Jun 27Pushed 2y ago3 watchersCompare

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###  Health Score

35

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LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity26

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~135 days

Recently: every ~350 days

Total

18

Last Release

997d ago

Major Versions

1.0.0 → 2.0-beta12019-08-27

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.6.0

2.0-beta13PHP >=7.2.0

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![mattsah](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/586346?v=4)](https://github.com/mattsah "mattsah (17 commits)")

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Tags

Authentication

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