diff --git a/dev-python/zxcvbn/Manifest b/dev-python/zxcvbn/Manifest
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+++ b/dev-python/zxcvbn/Manifest
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+DIST zxcvbn-4.5.0.gh.tar.gz 9399634 BLAKE2B 941f1ec1f13de0dd41c87aa6ffba8c8fb29338f5b4b7c8dba36d8436a7ceae549f14bcd05137f751239b336f0037e8ca2770f86eb493611296a9557a0512f68e SHA512 8c6887da9d4084060011a37f705528b24bf6d69452b92280df99290ac108934d93aeb7eec827381787e78753a5c6c3af486cf4cdceb0ff8726c96a60aa36d5e2
diff --git a/dev-python/zxcvbn/metadata.xml b/dev-python/zxcvbn/metadata.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "https://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+	<maintainer type="person">
+		<email>parona@protonmail.com</email>
+		<name>Alfred Wingate</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<maintainer type="project" proxied="proxy">
+		<email>proxy-maint@gentoo.org</email>
+		<name>Proxy Maintainers</name>
+	</maintainer>
+	<stabilize-allarches/>
+	<upstream>
+		<remote-id type="github">dwolfhub/zxcvbn-python</remote-id>
+		<remote-id type="pypi">zxcvbn</remote-id>
+	</upstream>
+</pkgmetadata>
diff --git a/dev-python/zxcvbn/zxcvbn-4.5.0.ebuild b/dev-python/zxcvbn/zxcvbn-4.5.0.ebuild
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+# Copyright 2026 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+EAPI=8
+
+DISTUTILS_USE_PEP517=setuptools
+PYTHON_COMPAT=( python3_{11..14} )
+
+inherit distutils-r1
+
+DESCRIPTION="Realistic password strength estimator"
+HOMEPAGE="
+	https://github.com/dwolfhub/zxcvbn-python/
+	https://pypi.org/project/zxcvbn/
+"
+# no tests in sdist
+SRC_URI="
+	https://github.com/dwolfhub/zxcvbn-python/archive/refs/tags/v${PV}.tar.gz
+		-> ${P}.gh.tar.gz
+"
+S="${WORKDIR}/zxcvbn-python-${PV}"
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+SLOT="0"
+KEYWORDS="~amd64"
+
+EPYTEST_PLUGINS=()
+distutils_enable_tests pytest