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brianhenryie/composer-prefer-local
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Composer Prefer Local Packages
==============================

[](#composer-prefer-local-packages)

When a package is available in a sibling or sub-directory, use that instead of Packagist or other configured repos.

```
composer config minimum-stability dev
composer config prefer-stable true

composer config allow-plugins.brianhenryie/composer-prefer-local true
composer require --dev brianhenryie/composer-prefer-local

```

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 13% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity35

Early-stage or recently created project

 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 ~7 days

Total

5

Last Release

748d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4720401?v=4)[Brian Henry](/maintainers/BrianHenryIE)[@BrianHenryIE](https://github.com/BrianHenryIE)

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Top Contributors

[![BrianHenryIE](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4720401?v=4)](https://github.com/BrianHenryIE "BrianHenryIE (11 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/brianhenryie-composer-prefer-local/health.svg)

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```

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