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jwadhams/api-guard
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A slightly archaic way of authenticating your APIs with API keys using Laravel

v6.0.2(5y ago)0856PHP >=7.2

Since Jun 15Compare

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###  Health Score

31

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LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity70

Established project with proven stability

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 ~305 days

Total

35

Last Release

2056d ago

Major Versions

v2.3.0 → v3.0.02016-02-01

1.1.x-dev → v3.1.22016-10-26

v3.1.2 → v4.0.02017-05-27

3.1.x-dev → v4.1.02017-09-26

v4.1.0 → v6.0.02020-09-28

PHP version history (4 changes)v0.1PHP >=5.4.0

v3.1.0PHP >=5.5.9

v4.0.0PHP >=5.6.4

v6.0.0PHP >=7.2

### Community

Maintainers

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Tags

jsonapilaravelrestapi keysapi authentication

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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