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joshwhatk/sentinel-guard
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Laravel Guard for Cartalyst's Sentinel

v1.0.1(10y ago)4542[1 issues](https://github.com/joshwhatk/sentinel-guard/issues)[3 PRs](https://github.com/joshwhatk/sentinel-guard/pulls)MITPHPPHP >=5.5.9

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\#Cent (An Auth Gaurd Implementation for *stateless* Sentinel) v1.0.1

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

- Extend `UserModel` in your `User` model

    ```
    use Joshwhatk\Cent\UserModel;

    class User extends UserModel
    {
        ...

    ```
- Register the CentServiceProvider in your `config/app.php`

    ```
    Joshwhatk\Cent\CentServiceProvider::class,

    ```
- Change the api driver to `cent` in your `config/auth.php`

    ```
    'guards' => [
        'api' => [
            'driver' => 'cent',
            'provider' => 'users',
        ],
    ],

    ```

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 52% of packages

Maintenance15

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

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 ~39 days

Total

2

Last Release

3732d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1848905?v=4)[Josh Friend](/maintainers/joshwhatk)[@joshwhatk](https://github.com/joshwhatk)

---

Top Contributors

[![joshwhatk](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1848905?v=4)](https://github.com/joshwhatk "joshwhatk (21 commits)")

###  Code Quality

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