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pentagonal/phpass
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PHP password hashing library original by open wall PhPass

1.1.0(9y ago)121.6kPublic DomainPHP >=5.2

Since Jan 16Compare

[ Source](https://github.com/pentagonal/phpass)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/pentagonal/phpass)[ Docs](http://github.com/pentagonal/phpass/)[ RSS](/packages/pentagonal-phpass/feed)WikiDiscussions Synced 2mo ago

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###  Health Score

30

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LowBetter than 64% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

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 ~0 days

Total

3

Last Release

3407d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Tags

securityblowfishpasswordhashcrypt

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