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mindplay/blowfish
=================

Wrapper around the Blowfish algorithm (for use in password encryption, etc.)

1.0.0(11y ago)125LGPL-3.0+PHPPHP >=5.3.7

Since Oct 25Pushed 11y ago1 watchersCompare

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mindplay/blowfish
-----------------

[](#mindplayblowfish)

[![Build Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/2c90ddf762be6d71ec4a9ca64bbdf2646317a05e0eb42dd51bbfbc5c658b405c/68747470733a2f2f7472617669732d63692e6f72672f6d696e64706c61792d646b2f626c6f77666973682e7376673f6272616e63683d6d6173746572)](https://travis-ci.org/mindplay-dk/blowfish)

I want Blowfish password encryption, which is currently the best available.

I also want:

- Strong, fast entropy: mcrypt when available, fall back to dev/urandom or `mt_rand()`
- Variable cost: prioritize speed vs cipher strength depending on your needs
- Ease of use and a small, simple dependency

I do not want a large, complicated password encryption framework - I feel quite comfortable having a hard dependency on a public API consisting of two methods:

```
public function hash($value): string;
public function check($value, $hash): bool;

```

Replacing this with something else in the future would be trivial.

You need php version **5.3.7** or newer for working Blowfish implementation - prior versions had a [broken Blowfish implementation](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2483).

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Trivial:

```
    $service = new BlowfishService();

    $password = '$up3rS3c3tp@55w0rD';

    $hash = $service->hash($password); // encrypt the password

    $is_valid = $service->check($password, $hash); // check the password
```

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

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

4222d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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