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craftcms/plugin-installer
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Craft CMS Plugin Installer

1.6.0(3y ago)283.4M↓24.4%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 3w 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

54

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FairBetter than 97% of packages

Maintenance60

Regular maintenance activity

Popularity51

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community23

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

1203d 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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