# benedmunds/CodeIgniter-Ion-Auth

Simple and Lightweight Auth System for CodeIgniter

Repository: https://github.com/benedmunds/CodeIgniter-Ion-Auth
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/codeigniter-ion-auth
Homepage: http://benedmunds.com/ion_auth/
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: hacktoberfest
Last push: 2024-11-02T13:02:53+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6069, "days_push": 669, "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 2307, forks 1096 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:35.847376+00:00)

## What it is
Ion Auth is a simple and lightweight authentication library for the CodeIgniter 4 PHP framework. It provides user registration, login, group-based authorization, and password recovery out of the box.

## Use cases
- add user login and registration to a CodeIgniter app
- manage user groups and permissions in CodeIgniter
- implement forgotten password flows
- restrict pages to admins in CodeIgniter
- track and limit failed login attempts

## When to choose
- you are building a CodeIgniter 4 application and need drop-in authentication
- you want a lightweight auth system without heavy dependencies
- you need group/role-based authorization with minimal setup

## When to avoid
- you are not using the CodeIgniter framework
- you need a full-featured identity platform with SSO, OAuth, or MFA
- you are starting a new project on a modern framework with better-maintained auth options

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: auth, authorization
- domain: web-development, security, backend
- platform: php
- tags: codeigniter, user-management, login, groups, authentication-library

## Member repositories
- benedmunds/CodeIgniter-Ion-Auth (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:35.847376+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 2026-08-30T02:39:39.060059+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/benedmunds/CodeIgniter-Ion-Auth (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:35.847376+00:00, sha 470f18135935)
  - homepage: http://benedmunds.com/ion_auth/ (fetched 2026-08-29T10:19:51.698973+00:00, sha fe300f4e99a3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.