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pixelfear/composer-dist-plugin
Composer plugin that prefers installing packages from dist archives, speeding up installs and reducing VCS checkouts. Useful in CI/CD and production deployments where source clones aren’t needed, with configurable behavior per package or repository.
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| symplify/vendor-patches | 0.78 | Apply and manage vendor patches in Composer projects. Automatically patch dependencies after install/update, keep patches versioned in your repo, and maintain reproducible builds without forking upstream packages. | 189 | 190 | 23 | 247K | 0 | 1.6 | 43.0 | MIT | — | |
| composer-unused/symbol-parser | 0.76 | composer-unused/symbol-parser is a small toolkit that parses PHP symbols from a Composer package, helping tools like composer-unused detect what code is actually referenced. Useful for analyzing dependencies, exports, and usage across a project. | 15 | 15 | 13 | 279K | 0 | 21.8 | 61.6 | MIT | 4 months ago | |
| spiral/composer-publish-plugin | 0.75 | Composer plugin for Spiral apps that streamlines publishing package assets and configs into your project during install/update. Automates vendor asset deployment via Composer, reducing manual steps and keeping published files in sync. | 4 | 4 | 2 | 140K | 0 | 2.2 | 55.3 | MIT | 5 years ago | |
| bamarni/composer-bin-plugin | 0.75 | Composer plugin to isolate “bin” tool dependencies (PHPStan, Rector, PHPUnit, etc.) in separate Composer environments to avoid version conflicts and dependency pollution. Provides config for bin links, target directory, and command forwarding. | 527 | 531 | 26 | 877K | 4 | 22.1 | 51.7 | MIT | 4 months ago | |
| phar-io/composer-plugin | 0.75 | Archived proof-of-concept Composer plugin that adds phive:run and phive:info commands to integrate Phive with Composer (e.g., install phar tools like PHPUnit). Unsupported, likely insecure, and may not work with current Composer—do not use in production. | 14 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | — | — | 8 years ago | |
| denisok94/helper-composer | 0.74 | Helper Composer is a small utility package that helps streamline Composer workflows in PHP projects. It provides helper tooling for managing dependencies and Composer-related tasks, aiming to make setup and maintenance quicker and more convenient. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175 | 0 | 6.9 | 32.1 | MIT | 9 months ago | |
| webmozarts/strict-phpunit | 0.74 | Enforces strict PHPUnit configuration for PHP projects using the Webmozart standards. Helps catch risky tests, deprecated usage, and unintended behavior by turning on stricter PHPUnit settings and providing an easy way to apply and maintain them across projects. | 30 | 30 | 1 | 31K | 0 | 0.2 | 41.4 | MIT | — | |
| cweagans/composer-configurable-plugin | 0.73 | Composer plugin that makes package configuration flexible by reading and merging settings from composer.json (extra) and other sources. Useful for teams needing configurable behavior across environments without hardcoding values in the plugin itself. | 12 | 10 | 1 | 449K | 1 | 0.4 | 55.6 | BSD-3-Clause | — | |
| cweagans/composer-patches | 0.70 | Apply and manage patch files to Composer dependencies. Lets you keep fixes and tweaks outside vendor/ while still using normal Composer updates, with support for multiple patches per package, remote patch URLs, descriptions, and CI-friendly installs. | 1,698 | 1,707 | 261 | 2M | 43 | 3.9 | 55.3 | BSD-3-Clause | 7 months ago | |
| pact-foundation/composer-downloads-plugin | 0.69 | — | 1 | 1 | 0 | 52K | 2 | 14.8 | 61.4 | MIT | 4 months ago | |
| dealerdirect/phpcodesniffer-composer-installer | 0.69 | Composer installer plugin that automatically discovers and installs PHP_CodeSniffer coding standards (rulesets) from Composer packages. It configures PHPCS installed_paths for you, avoiding manual symlinks and configuration. Supports PHPCS 3/4 and Composer 2.2+. | 598 | 606 | 39 | 4M | 6 | 32.4 | 65.2 | MIT | 4 weeks ago | |
| yiisoft/composer-config-plugin | 0.68 | — | 31 | 30 | 16 | 315 | 13 | 2.5 | 14.4 | BSD-3-Clause | — | |
| wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin | 0.66 | Composer plugin that merges multiple composer.json files at runtime. Define extra include patterns (e.g., composer.local.json, extensions/*/composer.json) to combine dependencies and settings into the main config for installs and autoload generation. | 1,009 | 1,029 | 170 | 694K | 52 | 30.3 | 61.6 | MIT | 5 years ago | |
| composer/installers | 0.64 | Custom installer paths for Composer. Maps package types (e.g., WordPress plugins/themes, Drupal, Joomla) to appropriate directories so dependencies land where your CMS expects them, with flexible installer definitions for multi-project setups. | 0 | 1,481 | — | 2M | — | 31.8 | 52.1 | — | — | |
| phar-io/composer-distributor | 0.63 | Library to build Composer plugins that install and update PHAR-based tools instead of source code. Ideal for dev utilities like PHPUnit/PHPStan/Psalm: keep installs via Composer while avoiding dependency conflicts by distributing signed PHAR releases. | 13 | 13 | 2 | 65K | 3 | 3.7 | 51.6 | NOASSERTION | 2 years ago |
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