# opauth/opauth

Multi-provider authentication framework for PHP

Repository: https://github.com/opauth/opauth
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/opauth
Homepage: http://opauth.org
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2020-05-15T17:34:12+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": 5292, "days_push": 2301, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1633, forks 236 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:14.255587+00:00)

## What it is
Opauth is a multi-provider authentication framework for PHP, inspired by OmniAuth for Ruby. It provides a standardized API for interfacing with authentication providers like Facebook, Twitter, and Google through pluggable strategies that work across PHP frameworks.

## Use cases
- add social login to a PHP application
- authenticate users via Facebook, Google, or Twitter in PHP
- standardize OAuth provider integration across PHP frameworks
- write reusable authentication strategies for multiple providers
- integrate third-party login into CakePHP, Laravel, or CodeIgniter

## When to choose
- you need a unified interface for multiple OAuth/social login providers in PHP
- you want framework-agnostic authentication strategies reusable across PHP apps
- you are maintaining a legacy PHP application needing provider-based auth

## When to avoid
- you are starting a modern PHP project with active framework-native auth solutions
- you need OAuth features or providers not covered by existing strategies
- you require actively maintained software with recent security updates

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: auth
- domain: web-development, backend, security
- platform: php
- tags: oauth, social-login, multi-provider, authentication-strategies

## Member repositories
- opauth/opauth (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:14.255587+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 2026-08-30T03:47:21.168190+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/opauth/opauth (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:14.255587+00:00, sha c9de0b1a1b4d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.