# mewebstudio/captcha

Captcha for Laravel 5+

Repository: https://github.com/mewebstudio/captcha
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/captcha
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: laravel, php, captcha, security
Last push: 2026-06-08T01:59:02+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 85/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 86, release rhythm 75, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4908, "days_push": 87, "days_rel": 87, "gap_med": 56, "n_releases_24m": 8}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2583, forks 466 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:02.540674+00:00)

## What it is
A Laravel service provider package that generates CAPTCHA images for form protection, supporting Laravel 5 through 12. It offers session-based and stateless modes with configurable settings and built-in validation.

## Use cases
- add captcha to laravel login form
- protect registration form from bots in laravel
- generate captcha image in php laravel
- stateless captcha validation for api
- custom captcha configuration laravel

## When to choose
- you need simple image-based captcha protection in a Laravel app
- you want session or stateless captcha modes with Laravel validation integration

## When to avoid
- you are not using Laravel
- you need modern invisible or behavioral bot protection like reCAPTCHA alternatives

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: security, ui-components, middleware
- domain: web-development, security, backend
- platform: php, self-hosted
- tags: laravel, captcha, form-validation, bot-protection, gd-library, web-server

## Member repositories
- mewebstudio/captcha (main) score 85

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:02.540674+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:22:30.816194+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mewebstudio/captcha (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:02.540674+00:00, sha 82035c444305)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.