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bkief29/pcomposer
=================

A composer plugin to provide the ability to share and reuse packages across the system.

1.0(3y ago)2131[1 PRs](https://github.com/bskiefer/pcomposer/pulls)MITPHPPHP >=5.3

Since May 17Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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pcomposer
=========

[](#pcomposer)

Based on the ideology of [pnpm](https://pnpm.io) to reduce and reuse shared packages.

Install
-------

[](#install)

`composer global require bkief29/pcomposer`

Setup
-----

[](#setup)

Modify your ~/.composer/config.json to include the following:

> Replace `%MY_USER%` with your user, or specify a custom path for `vendor-dir`

```
{
    "config": {
        "allow-plugins": {
            "bkief29/pcomposer": true
        },
        "extra" : {
            "shared-package": {
                "vendor-dir": "/Users/%MY_USER%/.composer/pcomposer",
                "symlink-dir": "vendor",
                "symlink-enabled": true,
                "package-list": [
                    "*"
                ]
            }

        }
    }
}
```

Options
-------

[](#options)

### Exclude packages from being symlinked

[](#exclude-packages-from-being-symlinked)

In your project's composer.json:

```
"config": {
    "extra" : {
        "pcomposer": {
            "exclude": [
                "spatie/data-transfer-object"
            ]
        }
    }
},
```

Extras
------

[](#extras)

### Migrate to pcomposer for all of your projects

[](#migrate-to-pcomposer-for-all-of-your-projects)

> Usage: `pcomposer ~/projects`

```
function pcomposer() {
  find $1 -type d \( -name "vendor" \) -maxdepth 2 -print0 | while read -d $'\0' file
  do
     echo "$file"
     cd "$file/../" && composer install
  done
}
```

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 19% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community5

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity43

Maturing project, gaining track record

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

1454d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

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