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thegiant/algorithms
===================

This packages is useful for data encryption and decryption

v1.1.0(1y ago)066MITPHPPHP >=5.5

Since Feb 19Pushed 1y agoCompare

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thegiant/algorithms
===================

[](#thegiantalgorithms)

Description
-----------

[](#description)

This package is useful for data encryption and decryption

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

[](#installation)

This package can be installed via composer

```
composer require thegiant/algorithms
```

### Laravel >= 5.5

[](#laravel--55)

The package is auto-discovered on 5.5 and up!

### Laravel <= 5.4

[](#laravel--54)

Add the service provider to the `providers` array in your `config/app.php` file:

```
'providers' => [
    // Other Laravel service providers...

    /*
    * Package Service Providers...
    */
    Thegiant\Aes\AesServiceProvider::class,

    // Other package service providers...
],
```

Publish Usable Helpers

```
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=thegiant-aes-helper --force
```

> Note: use `--force` to update the existing files.

### Usage

[](#usage)

Create Encryption and Dencryption key in `.env file` with the following Variables

`AES_KEY=`
`AES_IV=`

Contributions
-------------

[](#contributions)

Contributions and feedback are welcome! Feel free to open an issue or submit a pull request on GitHub.

License
-------

[](#license)

This package is open-source software licensed under the \[MIT\] license.

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance31

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

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 ~22 days

Recently: every ~28 days

Total

6

Last Release

707d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/dc08a427e288a853b4153c7d7e905f3f70d84360c324be13703ec0dc2dee9efa?d=identicon)[shebyclassic2018](/maintainers/shebyclassic2018)

---

Top Contributors

[![shebyclassic2018](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/36642869?v=4)](https://github.com/shebyclassic2018 "shebyclassic2018 (8 commits)")

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