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joomla/authentication
=====================

Joomla Authentication Package

4.0.0(9mo ago)9280.3k↓24.9%6GPL-2.0-or-laterPHPPHP ^8.3.0CI passing

Since Feb 16Pushed 9mo ago11 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/joomla-framework/authentication)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/joomla/authentication)[ Docs](https://github.com/joomla-framework/authentication)[ RSS](/packages/joomla-authentication/feed)WikiDiscussions 3.x-dev Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelog (6)Dependencies (7)Versions (19)Used By (0)

The Authentication Package [![Build Status](https://github.com/joomla-framework/authentication/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg?branch=3.x-dev)](https://github.com/joomla-framework/authentication)
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[](#the-authentication-package-)

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The authentication package provides a simple interface to authenticate users in a Joomla Framework application. It is completely decoupled from the application class and provides the ability to implement custom authentication strategies.

Installation via Composer
-------------------------

[](#installation-via-composer)

Add `"joomla/authentication": "~3.0"` to the require block in your composer.json and then run `composer install`.

```
{
	"require": {
		"joomla/authentication": "~3.0"
	}
}
```

Alternatively, you can simply run the following from the command line:

```
composer require joomla/authentication "~3.0"
```

If you want to include the test sources and docs, use

```
composer require --prefer-source joomla/authentication "~3.0"
```

###  Health Score

56

—

FairBetter than 98% of packages

Maintenance55

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity44

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community22

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity87

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 64.5% 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 ~298 days

Recently: every ~164 days

Total

15

Last Release

299d ago

Major Versions

1.3.0 → 2.0.0-beta2020-06-05

2.0.1 → 3.0.02023-10-05

3.0.3 → 4.0.02025-07-24

PHP version history (7 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.3.10

1.2.0PHP ^5.3.10|~7.0

2.0.0-betaPHP ^7.2.5

2.0.0PHP ^7.2.5|^8.0

2.0.1PHP ^7.2.5|~8.0.0|~8.1.0

3.0.0PHP ^8.1.0

4.0.0PHP ^8.3.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/305a2164440014dcef9ac681c139fe5e8a1ce1d7a8c3b3cfb828497729a4c70e?d=identicon)[wilsonge](/maintainers/wilsonge)

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Top Contributors

[![mbabker](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/368545?v=4)](https://github.com/mbabker "mbabker (131 commits)")[![Hackwar](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/313866?v=4)](https://github.com/Hackwar "Hackwar (26 commits)")[![ianmacl](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/176534?v=4)](https://github.com/ianmacl "ianmacl (11 commits)")[![nibra](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/827605?v=4)](https://github.com/nibra "nibra (10 commits)")[![wilsonge](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1986000?v=4)](https://github.com/wilsonge "wilsonge (7 commits)")[![joomla-jenkins](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/929228?v=4)](https://github.com/joomla-jenkins "joomla-jenkins (4 commits)")[![heelc29](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/66922325?v=4)](https://github.com/heelc29 "heelc29 (4 commits)")[![richard67](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7413183?v=4)](https://github.com/richard67 "richard67 (3 commits)")[![frankmayer](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/825497?v=4)](https://github.com/frankmayer "frankmayer (2 commits)")[![rdeutz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/467356?v=4)](https://github.com/rdeutz "rdeutz (2 commits)")[![HLeithner](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1497730?v=4)](https://github.com/HLeithner "HLeithner (1 commits)")[![PhilETaylor](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/400092?v=4)](https://github.com/PhilETaylor "PhilETaylor (1 commits)")[![photodude](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10253980?v=4)](https://github.com/photodude "photodude (1 commits)")

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Tags

authenticationjoomla-frameworkphpframeworkAuthenticationjoomla

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

Type Coverage Yes

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