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tempest/cryptography
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A component for working with passwords, hashing, and cryptography.

v3.8.0(1mo ago)011.6k1MITPHP ^8.5

Since Aug 8Compare

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###  Health Score

52

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FairBetter than 96% of packages

Maintenance90

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community13

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity69

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 87.9% 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 ~4 days

Total

53

Last Release

52d ago

Major Versions

1.x-dev → v2.0.02025-09-16

2.x-dev → v3.0.02026-02-12

PHP version history (2 changes)v1.6.0PHP ^8.4

v3.0.0PHP ^8.5

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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