# cartalyst/sentry

[DEPRECATED] A framework agnostic authentication & authorization system.

Repository: https://github.com/cartalyst/sentry
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cartalyst-sentry
Homepage: http://www.cartalyst.com
Language: PHP
License: BSD-3-Clause
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2020-07-13T10:17:25+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5244, "days_push": 2242, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1525, forks 317 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:58.293407+00:00)

## What it is
Sentry is a deprecated, framework-agnostic PHP authentication and authorization library providing user groups, permissions, activation, throttling, and password resetting. It has been superseded by Cartalyst's Sentinel package.

## Use cases
- add user authentication to a PHP application
- manage user groups and permissions in PHP
- implement login throttling and user suspension
- add password reset and remember-me functionality
- maintain a legacy PHP app still using Sentry

## When to choose
- you are maintaining a legacy PHP 5.x codebase already built on Sentry
- you need a framework-agnostic auth library for an old PHP stack

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new PHP project (use Sentinel or a framework's built-in auth)
- you need actively maintained software with security updates
- you are on modern PHP versions unsupported by Sentry

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: auth, authorization
- domain: security, web-development, developer-tools
- platform: php
- tags: deprecated, framework-agnostic, user-groups, login-throttling, password-reset, legacy

## Member repositories
- cartalyst/sentry (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:58.293407+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 2026-08-30T04:31:39.047492+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/cartalyst/sentry (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:58.293407+00:00, sha 43c27e08b3f7)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.