# Zizaco/confide

Confide is a authentication solution for Laravel 4

Repository: https://github.com/Zizaco/confide
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/confide
Language: PHP
License Family: other
Last push: 2021-06-20T07:59:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4979, "days_push": 1900, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1180, forks 253 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:53.555145+00:00)

## What it is
Confide is an authentication package for Laravel 4 that reduces repetitive work in user account management. It provides account creation, login/logout, email confirmation, password reset, form and route generation, and login throttling out of the box.

## Use cases
- add user signup and login to a Laravel 4 app
- implement email confirmation for new accounts
- add password reset flows with email links
- throttle repeated failed login attempts
- generate auth controllers and routes automatically
- validate unique email and username at signup

## When to choose
- you are maintaining a legacy Laravel 4 application
- you want a DRY, batteries-included auth solution with email confirmation and password reset
- you want quick configuration of login, signup, and reminder flows

## When to avoid
- you are starting a new project on modern Laravel (use Laravel's built-in auth scaffolding or Breeze/Jetstream)
- you need active maintenance, security updates, or a license file
- you need role and permission management (use Entrust or modern alternatives instead)

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: abandoned
- function: auth, email, form-handling, middleware
- domain: web-development, backend, security, developer-tools
- platform: php
- tags: laravel4, authentication, user-management, password-reset, email-confirmation, login-throttling, composer-package, laravel

## Member repositories
- Zizaco/confide (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:53.555145+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 2026-08-30T06:25:15.043431+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/Zizaco/confide (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:53.555145+00:00, sha eb0bbd31f468)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.