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philetaylor/php-gpglib
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A wrapper around GPG for stateless operations. PSR/Log 1.0+

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php-gpglib
==========

[](#php-gpglib)

A wrapper around GPG for stateless operations. Text and keys are passed as strings and the output is returned likewise. In the background, GpgLib creates a temporary home directory for GPG and deletes it when it is finished.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
$ composer require wikimedia/gpglib

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
$factory = new \GpgLib\ShellGpgLibFactory();
$gpgLib = $factory->create();
$ciphertext = $gpgLib->encrypt( $cleartext, $key );

```

Running tests
-------------

[](#running-tests)

```
$ composer install
$ composer test

```

Contributing
------------

[](#contributing)

Bug, feature requests and other issues should be reported to the [GitHub project](https://github.com/wikimedia/php-gpglib). We accept code and documentation contributions via Pull Requests on GitHub as well.

- [MediaWiki coding conventions](https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Coding_conventions/PHP) are used by the project. The included test configuration uses [PHP Code Sniffer](http://pear.php.net/package/PHP_CodeSniffer) to validate the conventions.
- Tests are encouraged. Our test coverage isn't perfect but we'd like it to get better rather than worse, so please try to include tests with your changes.
- Keep the documentation up to date. Make sure `README.md` and other relevant documentation is kept up to date with your changes.
- One pull request per feature. Try to keep your changes focused on solving a single problem. This will make it easier for us to review the change and easier for you to make sure you have updated the necessary tests and documentation.

License
-------

[](#license)

php-gpglib is licensed under the MIT license. See the `LICENSE` file for more details.

---

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 66% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity26

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 50% 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

Every ~209 days

Total

5

Last Release

3096d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/492cad83f394abf358f646f36e3bff9c21aff9627ef78a88f64412b5346ff196?d=identicon)[PhilETaylor](/maintainers/PhilETaylor)

---

Top Contributors

[![tgr](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/145412?v=4)](https://github.com/tgr "tgr (11 commits)")[![PhilETaylor](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/400092?v=4)](https://github.com/PhilETaylor "PhilETaylor (7 commits)")[![bd808](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6469?v=4)](https://github.com/bd808 "bd808 (4 commits)")

---

Tags

encryptiongpg

###  Code Quality

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