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php-standard-library/password
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Secure password hashing and verification with bcrypt and Argon2

6.2.1(4mo ago)00MITPHPPHP ~8.4.0 || ~8.5.0

Since Mar 17Pushed 2mo agoCompare

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PHP Standard Library - Password
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[](#php-standard-library---password)

Secure password hashing and verification with bcrypt and Argon2.

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- [Documentation](https://php-standard-library.dev)
- [Contributing](https://github.com/php-standard-library/php-standard-library/blob/next/CONTRIBUTING.md)
- [Create Pull Request](https://github.com/php-standard-library/php-standard-library/pulls)
- [Report an Issue](https://github.com/php-standard-library/php-standard-library/issues)

###  Health Score

39

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LowBetter than 84% of packages

Maintenance81

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity0

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

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

Every ~1 days

Total

12

Last Release

129d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8489d7c85bfa7c637b8e13484f3f659652aea0568b6e7f9e66edeb0649b5a2f1?d=identicon)[azjezz](/maintainers/azjezz)

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Top Contributors

[![azjezz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/29315886?v=4)](https://github.com/azjezz "azjezz (8 commits)")

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Tags

argon2bcrypthashingpasswordpasswordhashingargon2bcrypt

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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