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adamamont/composer-no-download
==============================

A composer plugin that prevents composer from downloading packages

1.0(6y ago)2181[1 issues](https://github.com/Adamamont/composer-no-download/issues)PHPCI failing

Since Mar 26Pushed 6y ago2 watchersCompare

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Composer No Download Packages
=============================

[](#composer-no-download-packages)

This plugin prevents composer to download packages, but let him update composer.lock with correct infos.

This is useful in CI/CD pipelines, where you need to just update the composer.lock file, but you're not interested in having PHP libraries be physically installed in your /vendor folder.

### Installation

[](#installation)

```
composer require adamamont/composer-no-download

```

Use env variable COMPOSER-NO-DOWNLOAD with value "apply" for plugin activation

Example (Jenkins pipeline)

```
withEnv(["COMPOSER-NO-DOWNLOAD=apply"]) {
    sh "composer update"
}

```

Thanks [@edubacco](https://github.com/edubacco) for solution

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance10

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2238d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/26240c2373555736fa9eb4eb7dcd0d1a2166b531427fdb8daf786b67380898b5?d=identicon)[Adamamont](/maintainers/Adamamont)

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Top Contributors

[![Adamamont](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/870395?v=4)](https://github.com/Adamamont "Adamamont (1 commits)")

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/adamamont-composer-no-download/health.svg)

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