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michaelmawhinney/cryptex
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A simple PHP class for 2-way authenticated encryption using XChaCha20 + Poly1305 (libsodium)

v4.0.0(2y ago)326[1 PRs](https://github.com/michaelmawhinney/Cryptex/pulls)MITPHP >=8.1

Since Feb 2Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/michaelmawhinney/Cryptex)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/michaelmawhinney/cryptex)[ Docs](https://github.com/michaelmawhinney/cryptex)[ RSS](/packages/michaelmawhinney-cryptex/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 4w ago

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###  Health Score

31

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LowBetter than 68% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity76

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 ~502 days

Total

5

Last Release

1008d ago

Major Versions

v1.0.0 → v2.0.02018-10-04

v2.0.0 → v3.0.02018-10-12

v3.0.1 → v4.0.02023-08-06

PHP version history (2 changes)v2.0.0PHP >=7.2.0

v4.0.0PHP >=8.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/635f8032005706d9ead712d5e4153a8834db9abc84a9f13348f8bbbb99452e86?d=identicon)[michaelmawhinney](/maintainers/michaelmawhinney)

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Tags

encryptionlibsodiumXchacha20Poly1305argon2decryption

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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