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limb-php/chacha20
=================

Pure PHP implementation of the ChaCha20 encryption algorithm.

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ChaCha20 in PHP
===============

[](#chacha20-in-php)

This library contains a pure PHP implementation of the ChaCha20 encryption algorithm.

The library has been written to be high performance (relative to PHP), not pretty. It obviously doesn't perform anywhere close to a native implementation.

### Usage:

[](#usage)

Remember that *a nonce must not be used more than once for a particular key*

```
$chacha20 = new ChaCha20\Cipher;
$encCtx = $chacha20->init($key, $nonce);
$decCtx = $chacha20->init($key, $nonce);

$cipherText = $chacha20->encrypt($encCtx, $message);
$plainText = $chacha20->decrypt($decCtx, $cipherText);

```

The `Context` object maintains the current state of the algorithm, so that it can be used in a streaming scenario. Therefore an application performing simultaneous encryption and decryption will need to main two contexts.

The `decrypt` method is an alias of the `encrypt` method, and exists only to indicate intent.

Seek operations can be performed on the keystream by calling the `setCounter` method, where the count is in 64-byte blocks.

###  Health Score

19

—

LowBetter than 10% of packages

Maintenance56

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity2

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity12

Early-stage or recently created project

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 94.7% 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

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Top Contributors

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