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passwordlib/passwordlib
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A Password Hashing Library

1.0.0-alpha2(14y ago)377220.6k↓33.3%[6 PRs](https://github.com/ircmaxell/PHP-PasswordLib/pulls)6MITPHP >=5.3.2

Since Apr 14Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/ircmaxell/PHP-PasswordLib)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/passwordlib/passwordlib)[ Docs](https://github.com/ircmaxell/PHP-PasswordLib)[ RSS](/packages/passwordlib-passwordlib/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 1mo ago

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### README not available

The README for this package hasn't been synced yet. View it on [GitHub](https://github.com/ircmaxell/PHP-PasswordLib).

###  Health Score

33

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LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity46

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity44

Maturing project, gaining track record

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 ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

5147d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c87a667fe5a109ed083ba784409a76f0a18f30b0a05445fbb8ef5e4520b7a6e1?d=identicon)[ircmaxell](/maintainers/ircmaxell)

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Tags

randompasswordhashinghashcryptsalt

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