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sop/crypto-util
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A PHP library of various utilities for cryptographic applications.

1.10.0(9y ago)56.0k↓50%1MITPHP >=5.6.3

Since Apr 19Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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CryptoUtil
==========

[](#cryptoutil)

This library is deprecated and has been split to multiple packages:

- [crypto-encoding](https://github.com/sop/crypto-encoding) for PEM encoding/decoding
- [crypto-types](https://github.com/sop/crypto-types) for various ASN.1 types
- [crypto-bridge](https://github.com/sop/crypto-bridge) for signature and encryption support
- [pkcs5](https://github.com/sop/pkcs5) for password-based cryptography
- [pkcs8](https://github.com/sop/pkcs8) for encrypted private-key

Please see [the final release](https://github.com/sop/crypto-util/tree/1.10.0)for legacy support.

###  Health Score

35

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LowBetter than 80% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity29

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

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 ~6 days

Recently: every ~11 days

Total

17

Last Release

3583d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

cryptographyelliptic-curvespbkdf1pbkdf2pemprivate-keypublic-keyrsacryptographycryptorsaasn1Private Keypublic keypemecutilpbkdf2pbes1pbes2pbkdf1

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