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re2bit/secrets
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Core PHP Library for encrypting secrets, based on libsodium

1.0.0-alpha.1.1(2y ago)151BSDPHPPHP ^7|^8

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PHP 7.0 Compatible Secrets Management Library
=============================================

[](#php-70-compatible-secrets-management-library)

This library offers a secure way to manage sensitive information, inspired by the Symfony Secrets feature. It's designed for PHP 7.0 compatibility, leveraging modern cryptography with the Sodium extension or `paragonie/sodium_compat`.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP 7.0 or newer
- Sodium PHP extension or `paragonie/sodium_compat`

### Setting Up

[](#setting-up)

Ensure you have the Sodium extension enabled or `paragonie/sodium_compat` installed.

License
-------

[](#license)

This package is available under MIT.

Acknowledgments
---------------

[](#acknowledgments)

This library is based and inspired by the work of:

- Tobias Schultze
- Jérémy Derussé
- Nicolas Grekas

from the Symfony framework. It has been adapted for PHP 7.0 with a focus on using Sodium for encryption.

###  Health Score

17

—

LowBetter than 6% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity29

Early-stage or recently created project

 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 ~12 days

Total

2

Last Release

746d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12475481?v=4)[Rene Gerritsen](/maintainers/re2bit)[@re2bit](https://github.com/re2bit)

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Top Contributors

[![re2bit](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12475481?v=4)](https://github.com/re2bit "re2bit (8 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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