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 # laranail/captcha
 
-[![Latest version on Packagist](https://img.shields.io/packagist/v/laranail/captcha.svg)](https://packagist.org/packages/laranail/captcha)
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+`laranail/captcha` is not published to Packagist, so there is no registry-version badge to show — see [Install](#install).
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 > One captcha contract for Laravel across eleven providers — from Cloudflare Turnstile to
 > self-hosted arithmetic — with environment-scoped credentials, a database-backed settings store,
 > and the token checks most integrations skip.