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beyondit/opencart-extension-installer
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Custom Composer Installer for installing OpenCart Extensions

2.4.2(5y ago)1020.4k↓100%8[2 PRs](https://github.com/beyondit/opencart-extension-installer/pulls)2GPL 3.0PHP

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Install OpenCart Extensions with Composer
=========================================

[](#install-opencart-extensions-with-composer)

Publish for Composer
--------------------

[](#publish-for-composer)

### Configuration Extras

[](#configuration-extras)

VariableDescription`src-dir`Base directory of the source extension files, withing the composer package`mappings`Each file which needs to be managed (install, update, uninstall) by composer`installers`OpenCart Extensions can have installers: php or xml currently supported (sql not yet)### Example

[](#example)

```
```
{
    "name": "vendor/project-name",
    "type": "opencart-extension",
    "extra": {
        "src-dir" : "src/upload",
        "mappings" : [
            "catalog/controller/vendor/controller_name.php",
            "catalog/model/vendor/other_model.php"
        ],
       "installers" : {
            "php" : "src/install.php" ,
            "xml" : "src/install.xml"
       }
    },
    "require": {
        "beyondit/opencart-extension-installer": "*"
    }
}
```

```

Composer Root Project Extras
----------------------------

[](#composer-root-project-extras)

VariableDescription`opencart-dir`set the OpenCart directory in which the extension should be installed

###  Health Score

39

—

LowBetter than 85% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity32

Limited adoption so far

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity73

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~86 days

Recently: every ~324 days

Total

20

Last Release

1964d ago

Major Versions

0.1.9 → 2.2.02016-09-26

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0040de3600017ad8e45ec4d6f5c0d0e395277d9ace8a05ebfac11805a3816c60?d=identicon)[openmandragora](/maintainers/openmandragora)

---

Top Contributors

[![stefanhuber](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5379359?v=4)](https://github.com/stefanhuber "stefanhuber (17 commits)")

---

Tags

composercomposer-pluginopencart

###  Code Quality

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