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zendframework/zend-expressive-authentication
============================================

Authentication middleware for Expressive and PSR-7 applications

1.1.0(7y ago)21269.2k↓71.3%13[1 issues](https://github.com/zendframework/zend-expressive-authentication/issues)[2 PRs](https://github.com/zendframework/zend-expressive-authentication/pulls)6BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP ^7.1

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Expressive Authentication Middleware
====================================

[](#expressive-authentication-middleware)

> ## Repository abandoned 2019-12-31
>
> [](#repository-abandoned-2019-12-31)
>
> This repository has moved to [mezzio/mezzio-authentication](https://github.com/mezzio/mezzio-authentication).

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zend-expressive-authentication provides middleware for [Expressive](https://docs.zendframework.com/zend-expressive/)and [PSR-7](http://www.php-fig.org/psr/psr-7/) applications for the purpose of authenticating HTTP requests using consumer- or third-party-provided adapters.

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

[](#installation)

You can install the *zend-expressive-authentication* library with composer:

```
$ composer require zendframework/zend-expressive-authentication
```

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

Browse the documentation online at .

###  Health Score

42

—

FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance19

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity44

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community29

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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 ~37 days

Recently: every ~71 days

Total

14

Last Release

2677d ago

Major Versions

0.3.0 → 1.0.0alpha12018-02-07

0.5.0 → 1.0.02018-08-27

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/296074?v=4)[Zend Framework](/maintainers/zendframework)[@zendframework](https://github.com/zendframework)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

authenticationauthentication-middlewareexpressivephpphp7psr-7httppsr-7middlewareAuthenticationpsr-15ZendFrameworkzfzend-expressive

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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