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unique/was-password-pwned
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A small tool to check if a password has been leaked against haveibeenpwned.com database.

131PHP

Since Feb 20Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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Events
======

[](#events)

A small tool to check if a password has been leaked against haveibeenpwned.com database.

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

[](#installation)

This component requires php >= 7.4. To install it, you can use composer:

```
composer require unique/was-password-pwned

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
    $checker = new PasswordChecker();
    $count = $checker->checkIfPasswordPwned( sha1( 'my-password' ) );
    if ( $count ) {

        echo 'Your password has been leaked and found in ' . $count . ' databases.';
    } elseif ( $count === null ) {

        if ( $checker->getLastException() ) {

            echo (string) $checker->getLastException();
        } else {

            echo 'An error has occured.';
        }
    }
```

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[](#haveibeenpwnedcom-usage-and-license)

Please read  for acceptable use of haveibeenpwned.com service and attribute it according to the author: .

###  Health Score

17

—

LowBetter than 6% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity31

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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/48786540?v=4)[Unique (Deutschland) GmbH](/maintainers/unique)[@unique](https://github.com/unique)

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Top Contributors

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