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toastnz/simple-captcha
======================

A simple captcha spam protector

1.0.3(3y ago)0169BSD-3-ClausePHP

Since Dec 7Pushed 3y ago2 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/toastnz/simple-captcha)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/toastnz/simple-captcha)[ RSS](/packages/toastnz-simple-captcha/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced 1mo ago

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Simple Captcha
==============

[](#simple-captcha)

Simple spam protector field for SilverStripe.

[![](https://github.com/toastnz/simple-captcha/raw/main/docs/sample.png?raw=true)](https://github.com/toastnz/simple-captcha/blob/main/docs/sample.png?raw=true)

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

[](#requirements)

- SilverStripe 4
- SilverStripe Spam Protection
- PHP GD

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require toastnz/simple-captcha

```

Set Simple Catcha as the default spam protector in your config.yml

```
SilverStripe\SpamProtection\Extension\FormSpamProtectionExtension:
  default_spam_protector: Toast\SimpleCaptcha\Forms\SimpleCaptchaProtector
```

Enable spam protection on the form:

```
$form->enableSpamProtection();
```

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 83.3% 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 ~2 days

Total

4

Last Release

1252d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/49888163?v=4)[Leandro Palmieri](/maintainers/leandro-toastnz)[@leandro-toastnz](https://github.com/leandro-toastnz)

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Top Contributors

[![beetpix](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/66008824?v=4)](https://github.com/beetpix "beetpix (5 commits)")[![webdough](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5546430?v=4)](https://github.com/webdough "webdough (1 commits)")

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Tags

silverstripecaptchaFormsspamprotection

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