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craftcms/plugin-installer
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Craft CMS Plugin Installer

1.6.0(3y ago)283.5M↓20.1%3[3 issues](https://github.com/craftcms/plugin-installer/issues)[2 PRs](https://github.com/craftcms/plugin-installer/pulls)4MITPHPPHP >=5.4

Since Jan 31Pushed 2mo ago4 watchersCompare

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Craft CMS Plugin Installer for Composer
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[](#craft-cms-plugin-installer-for-composer)

This is the Composer installer for [Craft CMS](https://craftcms.com/) plugins. It implements a new Composer package type named `craft-plugin`, which should be used by all Craft plugins.

Full details about how to create plugins for Craft CMS can be found in the [Craft documentation](https://craftcms.com/docs/5.x/extend/plugin-guide.html).

###  Health Score

53

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FairBetter than 96% of packages

Maintenance55

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity51

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community24

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 88.3% 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 ~158 days

Recently: every ~343 days

Total

15

Last Release

1248d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3ccdf8b493035de2343c55bd889513e3af5c04d5823482a2b186ad16adb1c3e3?d=identicon)[brandonkelly](/maintainers/brandonkelly)

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Top Contributors

[![brandonkelly](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/47792?v=4)](https://github.com/brandonkelly "brandonkelly (83 commits)")[![gtettelaar](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6965875?v=4)](https://github.com/gtettelaar "gtettelaar (7 commits)")[![angrybrad](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/61869?v=4)](https://github.com/angrybrad "angrybrad (3 commits)")[![andris-sevcenko](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1891118?v=4)](https://github.com/andris-sevcenko "andris-sevcenko (1 commits)")

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Tags

composer-installercraft-plugincraftcmsplugincomposerinstallercmscraftcms

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