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sop/pkcs5
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A PHP implementation of PKCS #5 password-based cryptography.

0.3.0(6y ago)22601MITPHP >=7.2

Since Jul 14Compare

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READMEChangelogDependencies (4)Versions (7)Used By (1)

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###  Health Score

26

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LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity14

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity52

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 ~169 days

Total

5

Last Release

2549d ago

PHP version history (3 changes)0.1.0PHP >=5.6.3

0.2.0PHP >=7.0

0.3.0PHP >=7.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/35cf70dd6be68d37fd42490e3ad9c199d2a1f1dd4420f71658998b7d8b694e97?d=identicon)[sop](/maintainers/sop)

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Top Contributors

[![sop](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1017000?v=4)](https://github.com/sop "sop (16 commits)")

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Tags

passwordpbkdf2key derivationpbes1pbes2pbkdf1pkcs5

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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