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afterflow/workbench
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Manage composer packages

0.5.3(6y ago)18105[1 PRs](https://github.com/afterflow/workbench/pulls)MITPHPPHP >=7.2

Since Feb 23Pushed 1y agoCompare

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Afterflow Workbench
===================

[](#afterflow-workbench)

A simple tool to pull packages from composer and work on them locally.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require afterflow/workbench
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Pull an existing package

[](#pull-an-existing-package)

Find a composer package, fetch it's source from GitHub, put it under `workbench/vendor/package`, register a path type repository in composer.json and tell Composer to symlink the local version.

```
php artisan workbench:pull vendor/package --ssh
```

### Remove package

[](#remove-package)

Remove `workbench/vendor/package`, remove the repository from composer.json and switch it to packagist.

When called with `--remove` flag, it will also remove it from "require".

```
php artisan workbench:unlink --remove vendor/package
```

### Craft new package

[](#craft-new-package)

Generate a new composer package interactively, then add it to your workbench.

```
php artisan workbench:new vendor/package
```

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance32

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

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

Every ~1 days

Total

9

Last Release

2266d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/8dc28970580d50f2b4bb813e767ed7b0eefd6481037cd83ebc97ca63a7dae95b?d=identicon)[librevlad](/maintainers/librevlad)

---

Top Contributors

[![librevlad](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/49364343?v=4)](https://github.com/librevlad "librevlad (17 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/afterflow-workbench/health.svg)

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```

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