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cslant/composer-plugin-example
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An example of a composer plugin

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Since Nov 15Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare

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Composer plugin example
=======================

[](#composer-plugin-example)

Here is a simple example of a composer plugin.

Structure
---------

[](#structure)

```
plugin
├── src
│   └── Plugin.php
├── composer.json
├── composer.lock

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Add require into composer.json

[](#add-require-into-composerjson)

```
{
  "require": {
    "cslant/composer-plugin-example": "dev-main"
  },
  "repositories": [
    {
      "type": "git",
      "url": "https://github.com/cslant/composer-plugin-example.git"
    }
  ]
}
```

### Run composer command

[](#run-composer-command)

```
composer update
```

### Check vendor directory

[](#check-vendor-directory)

```
ls vendor/cslant/composer-plugin-example
```

Reference
---------

[](#reference)

- [Composer Plugin API](https://getcomposer.org/doc/articles/plugins.md)

Composer install demo
---------------------

[](#composer-install-demo)

```
composer require cslant/composer-plugin-example
```

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 52% of packages

Maintenance35

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity50

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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 ~173 days

Total

3

Last Release

614d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/35853002?v=4)[Tan Nguyen](/maintainers/tanhongit)[@tanhongit](https://github.com/tanhongit)

---

Top Contributors

[![tanhongit](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/35853002?v=4)](https://github.com/tanhongit "tanhongit (16 commits)")

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