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pimenvibritania/hash-stretcher
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Stretching the hash encryption key with hash integration

1.2.0(5y ago)0121MITPHPPHP ^7.1

Since Sep 10Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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Hash Stretcher for AES-256 (32 long char key)
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[](#hash-stretcher-for-aes-256-32-long-char-key)

#### Stretching the hash encryption key with hash integration for AES-256 key.

[](#stretching-the-hash-encryption-key-with-hash-integration-for-aes-256-key)

##### How to use :

[](#how-to-use-)

> composer require pimenvibritania/hash-stretcher

For more information on secure password storage, see [Crackstation's page on Password Hashing Security](https://crackstation.net/hashing-security.htm).

###  Health Score

24

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LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity53

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 ~0 days

Total

5

Last Release

2069d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/56032aa508745463569fb02d3ced5bbac103b1d5450967d91e1813601aae722f?d=identicon)[pimenvibritania](/maintainers/pimenvibritania)

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Top Contributors

[![pimenvibritania](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/33644854?v=4)](https://github.com/pimenvibritania "pimenvibritania (3 commits)")

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Tags

phpencryptionpasswordencryptdecrypthashCBCdecryption

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