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tpkarras/kef
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An encryption format designed for storing encrypted data within a range of a specific number of bytes.

1.5.25(5mo ago)210GPL-3.0-or-laterPHP >=7.4.0

Since May 17Compare

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###  Health Score

33

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LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance72

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity39

Early-stage or recently created project

 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 ~104 days

Total

3

Last Release

158d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.6.0

1.5.0PHP >=7.4.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e432274cf8a335f406b186065c3eac2eb72d48f2e3bfce1ead8b31b0e7f9d05f?d=identicon)[tpkarras](/maintainers/tpkarras)

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Top Contributors

[![tpkarras](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/18634643?v=4)](https://github.com/tpkarras "tpkarras (50 commits)")

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Tags

cryptographyencryptionformatopenssldecryption

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