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nicoswd/php-gpg
===============

Pure PHP GPG implementation, forked from php-gpg.

1.7.2(2y ago)6132.9k—6.3%46GPL-1.0+PHPPHP >=7.0

Since Nov 27Pushed 2y ago2 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/nicoSWD/php-gpg)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/nicoswd/php-gpg)[ RSS](/packages/nicoswd-php-gpg/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago

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php-gpg
=======

[](#php-gpg)

This is a fork of the fork because everything still sucks. All unacceptable.

[![packagist](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a21d7af7568986e42118bb6d35dd2763584b01d7d04b32fd91ed1583ab26aeb4/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f6e69636f5357442f7068702d6770672e7376673f6d61784167653d32353932303030)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a21d7af7568986e42118bb6d35dd2763584b01d7d04b32fd91ed1583ab26aeb4/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f6e69636f5357442f7068702d6770672e7376673f6d61784167653d32353932303030)

Features/Limitations
--------------------

[](#featureslimitations)

- Supports encrypting with 2048-bit RSA keys.
- Encrypted messages are integrity protected.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$gpg = new nicoSWD\GPG\GPG();
$pubKey = new nicoSWD\GPG\PublicKey($aPublicKey);

echo $gpg->encrypt($pubKey, 'ABCDEFGHIJKL');
```

###  Health Score

38

—

LowBetter than 85% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity36

Limited adoption so far

Community24

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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 ~440 days

Recently: every ~751 days

Total

8

Last Release

740d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0e1cb99ed5c45d41926e55a1a0868f9ecd1b71b026ec8396aef537515786f244?d=identicon)[nicoSWD](/maintainers/nicoSWD)

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Top Contributors

[![DanielRuf](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/827205?v=4)](https://github.com/DanielRuf "DanielRuf (41 commits)")[![jasonhinkle](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/313176?v=4)](https://github.com/jasonhinkle "jasonhinkle (27 commits)")[![iangcarroll](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1280719?v=4)](https://github.com/iangcarroll "iangcarroll (26 commits)")[![singpolyma](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12770?v=4)](https://github.com/singpolyma "singpolyma (1 commits)")[![subzeta](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2686117?v=4)](https://github.com/subzeta "subzeta (1 commits)")[![undjike](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/57102409?v=4)](https://github.com/undjike "undjike (1 commits)")[![nicoSWD](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/205852?v=4)](https://github.com/nicoSWD "nicoSWD (1 commits)")[![r--w](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1191700?v=4)](https://github.com/r--w "r--w (1 commits)")

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Tags

PGPgpg

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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