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joomla/crypt
============

Joomla Crypt Package

4.0.0(11mo ago)7323.3k↑61.8%81GPL-2.0-or-laterPHPPHP ^8.3.0CI failing

Since Jun 4Pushed 5mo ago12 watchersCompare

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The Crypt password provides a set of classes that can be used for encrypting and hashing data.

Interfaces
----------

[](#interfaces)

### `PasswordInterface`

[](#passwordinterface)

`PasswordInterface` is an interface that requires a class to be implemented with a create and a verify method.

The create method should take a plain text password and a type and return a hashed password.

The verify method should accept a plain text password and a hashed password and return a boolean indicating whether or not the password matched the password in the hash.

The `PasswordInterface` interface defines the following constants for use with implementations:

- `PasswordInterface::BLOWFISH`
- `PasswordInterface::JOOMLA`
- `PasswordInterface::MD5`
- `PasswordInterface::PBKDF`

Classes
-------

[](#classes)

### `Password\Simple`

[](#passwordsimple)

#### Usage

[](#usage)

In addition to the interface `PasswordInterface` there is also a basic implementation provided which provides for use with the most common password schemes. This if found in the `Password\Simple` class.

Aside from the two methods create and verify methods, this implementation also adds an additional method called setCost. This method is used to set a cost parameter for methods that support workload factors. It takes an integer cost factor as a parameter.

`Password\Simple` provides support for bcrypt, MD5 and the traditional Joomla! CMS hashing scheme. The hash format can be specified during hash creation by using the constants `PasswordInterface::BLOWFISH`, `PasswordInterface::MD5`, `PasswordInterface::JOOMLA`, and `PasswordInterface::PBKDF`. An appropriate salt will be automatically generated when required.

Installation via Composer
=========================

[](#installation-via-composer)

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

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

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

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

If you want to include the test sources, use

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

###  Health Score

60

—

FairBetter than 98% of packages

Maintenance63

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity43

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community30

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity88

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 66% 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 ~246 days

Recently: every ~164 days

Total

19

Last Release

345d ago

Major Versions

1.4.0 → 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-alphaPHP >=5.3.10

1.3.1PHP ^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

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Tags

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###  Code Quality

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Type Coverage Yes

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