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kuyoto/scrypt
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Provides the scrypt key derivation function.

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scrypt
======

[](#scrypt)

This package provides the [`scrypt`](http://www.tarsnap.com/scrypt.html%5D) key derivation function.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require kuyoto/scrypt
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

To derivate a key, use the following method:

```
echo bin2hex(Scrypt::calc('plain password', 'salt', 8, 8, 16, 32));
```

This function passes all the tests specified in the [documentation](https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-josefsson-scrypt-kdf-01).

Credits
-------

[](#credits)

- [Tolulope Kuyoro](https://github.com/kuyoto)

License
-------

[](#license)

The package is an open-sourced software licensed under the [MIT License](LICENSE).

###  Health Score

24

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LowBetter than 30% of packages

Maintenance10

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity51

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2271d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/41d7599877e958842cf173cf1265fabd845006ccd14becaacd12b63c5a28ccd1?d=identicon)[nikuyo](/maintainers/nikuyo)

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Top Contributors

[![kuyoto](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/55682776?v=4)](https://github.com/kuyoto "kuyoto (7 commits)")

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Tags

securitypasswordkeyscryptderivation

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