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kidatsy/lightsaml-lightsaml
===========================

Clone of Light SAML 2.0 PHP library, enabling PHP 5.6

1.2.3(9y ago)015.5k1MITPHPPHP >=5.5.1

Since Sep 29Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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SAML 2.0 PHP Library
====================

[](#saml-20-php-library)

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LightSaml Implements basic SAML 2.0 data model classes, serialization/deserialization to/from xml with XML security and certificates support, and message encapsulations to bindings. Covered with unit tests.

DOCUMENTATION
=============

[](#documentation)

- [Homepage](http://www.lightsaml.com/LightSAML-Core/)
- [Installation](http://www.lightsaml.com/LightSAML-Core/Installation/)
- [Cookbook](http://www.lightsaml.com/LightSAML-Core/Cookbook/)

CONTRIBUTING
============

[](#contributing)

LightSaml is an open source project and is open for contributions. Run `contrib/setup.sh` to setup a Git commit hook to ensure a consistent code style.

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity68

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 88.2% 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 ~30 days

Recently: every ~48 days

Total

21

Last Release

3328d ago

Major Versions

0.1.0 → 1.0.0-beta.12015-10-19

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2397451?v=4)[TC Kida (they/she)](/maintainers/kidatsy)[@kidatsy](https://github.com/kidatsy)

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Top Contributors

[![tmilos](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1818373?v=4)](https://github.com/tmilos "tmilos (135 commits)")[![EmilyShepherd](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2132420?v=4)](https://github.com/EmilyShepherd "EmilyShepherd (10 commits)")[![cb8](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/10119913?v=4)](https://github.com/cb8 "cb8 (6 commits)")[![aarnaud](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4802105?v=4)](https://github.com/aarnaud "aarnaud (1 commits)")[![cedricduffournet](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/8666561?v=4)](https://github.com/cedricduffournet "cedricduffournet (1 commits)")

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Tags

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