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shiyan/passgen
==============

Password generating Symfony Console application.

0.2.0(4y ago)216MITPHPPHP ^8.0

Since Mar 15Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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Password Generator
==================

[](#password-generator)

A command-line utility for random password generation.

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

[](#requirements)

- PHP ≥ 8.0
- [Composer](https://getcomposer.org)

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

[](#installation)

```
composer global require --optimize-autoloader shiyan/passgen

```

Make sure that the `COMPOSER_HOME/vendor/bin` dir is in your `PATH` env var. More info in the composer help: `composer global -h`

If you have the [CGR](https://github.com/consolidation/cgr) installed, then run the following command instead of the one above:

```
cgr -o shiyan/passgen

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
passgen []

```

Where `length` is an optional password length argument `[default: 20]`.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~658 days

Total

3

Last Release

1666d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)0.1.0PHP ^7.1

0.2.0PHP ^8.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0eef0320768b8d176b9014442390bfa3bfec9369cba3b9e663a66dac57ac0084?d=identicon)[mikeshiyan](/maintainers/mikeshiyan)

---

Top Contributors

[![mikeshiyan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3637657?v=4)](https://github.com/mikeshiyan "mikeshiyan (1 commits)")

---

Tags

composerconsolegeneratorooppasswordphpphpconsolepasswordgeneratorOOP

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