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kicaj/auth
==========

CakePHP completly Auth plugin with simple authentication and authorization

0201PHP

Since Oct 27Pushed 4y agoCompare

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Auth plugin for CakePHP
=======================

[](#auth-plugin-for-cakephp)

**NOTE:** It's still in development mode, do not use in production yet!

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

It is developed for CakePHP min. 4.3.

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

[](#installation)

You can install plugin into your CakePHP application using [composer](http://getcomposer.org).

The recommended way to install composer packages is:

```
composer require kicaj/auth dev-master

```

Load the Plugin
---------------

[](#load-the-plugin)

Load the Plugin in your bootstrap.php or /src/Application.php:

```
$this->addPlugin('Auth');

```

### Load the Component

[](#load-the-component)

Load the Component in your AppController.php:

```
public function initialize()
{
    parent::initialize();

    // ...
    $this->loadComponent('Auth.Authentication');
    // ...
}

```

### Configuration

[](#configuration)

Nextly, you should set authorization action list for each controller by `auth` property, like below:

```
public $auth = [
    'admin' => [
        'add',
        'edit',
        'delete',
    ],
    '*' => [
        'view'
    ],
];

```

### Load default data

[](#load-default-data)

If you want load default user and group data, just run command below: `cake bake migrations seed -p Auth`

###  Health Score

18

—

LowBetter than 8% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity30

Early-stage or recently created project

 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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/9c20760f298eae29425dd1c6180f208aedd70750a1bf2ecc350956a1587d6b4c?d=identicon)[kicaj](/maintainers/kicaj)

---

Top Contributors

[![kicaj](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3750725?v=4)](https://github.com/kicaj "kicaj (72 commits)")

---

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authenticationauthorizationcakephpcakephp-plugin

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