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xxtea/xxtea
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XXTEA is a fast and secure encryption algorithm. This is a XXTEA library for PHP.

v1.0.2(10y ago)11341.7k↓27.8%49[5 issues](https://github.com/xxtea/xxtea-php/issues)MITPHPPHP >=5.2.0

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XXTEA for PHP
=============

[](#xxtea-for-php)

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Introduction
------------

[](#introduction)

XXTEA is a fast and secure encryption algorithm. This is a XXTEA library for PHP.

It is different from the original XXTEA encryption algorithm. It encrypts and decrypts string instead of uint32 array, and the key is also string.

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

[](#installation)

Download the xxtea.php, and put it in your develepment directory.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

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###  Health Score

39

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LowBetter than 86% of packages

Maintenance19

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity46

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~9 days

Total

3

Last Release

3730d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![andot](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/232161?v=4)](https://github.com/andot "andot (22 commits)")

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Tags

securitycryptographylibraryencryptdecryptcryptxxtea

###  Code Quality

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