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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. cweagans/composer-patches ActiveComposer-plugin[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) cweagans/composer-patches ========================= Provides a way to patch Composer packages. 2.0.0(6mo ago)1.7k94.2M—9.8%261[43 issues](https://github.com/cweagans/composer-patches/issues)[9 PRs](https://github.com/cweagans/composer-patches/pulls)20BSD-3-ClausePHPPHP >=8.0.0 Since Apr 23Pushed 5d ago28 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/cweagans/composer-patches)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/cweagans/composer-patches)[ GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/cweagans)[ RSS](/packages/cweagans-composer-patches/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (12)Versions (25)Used By (20) composer-patches ================ [](#composer-patches) [![Build status](https://github.com/cweagans/composer-patches/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/cweagans/composer-patches/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)[![Coverage Status](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/77448169a223503566ee3af6fc8f952a4d2ee3b887f3bd06c38b67821cfdc7f1/68747470733a2f2f636f766572616c6c732e696f2f7265706f732f6769746875622f6377656167616e732f636f6d706f7365722d706174636865732f62616467652e7376673f6272616e63683d6d61696e)](https://coveralls.io/github/cweagans/composer-patches?branch=main) Simple patches plugin for Composer. Applies a patch from a local or remote file to any dependency installed by Composer. - **Documentation**: - **Issues**: - **Support**: ### Health Score 77 — ExcellentBetter than 100% of packages Maintenance84 Actively maintained with recent releases Popularity79 Solid adoption and visibility Community58 Growing community involvement Maturity78 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 70% 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 ~183 days Recently: every ~261 days Total 22 Last Release 200d ago Major Versions 1.x-dev → 2.0.0-beta12023-07-01 PHP version history (3 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.4.0 1.4.0PHP >=5.3.0 2.0.0-beta1PHP >=8.0.0 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/f6ec725daa02c4ee478412ad20b23b6c72299b46cca15f30b479329501d73a8f?d=identicon)[cweagans](/maintainers/cweagans) --- Top Contributors [![cweagans](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/101590?v=4)](https://github.com/cweagans "cweagans (352 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (83 commits)")[![danepowell](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1984514?v=4)](https://github.com/danepowell "danepowell (8 commits)")[![fabianx-ai](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/354804?v=4)](https://github.com/fabianx-ai "fabianx-ai (7 commits)")[![LionsAd](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/354804?v=4)](https://github.com/LionsAd "LionsAd (7 commits)")[![fredden](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/334786?v=4)](https://github.com/fredden "fredden (5 commits)")[![blankse](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/998558?v=4)](https://github.com/blankse "blankse (4 commits)")[![ukgodzuki](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/240904750?v=4)](https://github.com/ukgodzuki "ukgodzuki (3 commits)")[![Sweetchuck](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/591103?v=4)](https://github.com/Sweetchuck "Sweetchuck (3 commits)")[![drupol](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/252042?v=4)](https://github.com/drupol "drupol (3 commits)")[![Leksat](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/989015?v=4)](https://github.com/Leksat "Leksat (3 commits)")[![waleedq](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/292332?v=4)](https://github.com/waleedq "waleedq (2 commits)")[![dan2k3k4](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/158704?v=4)](https://github.com/dan2k3k4 "dan2k3k4 (2 commits)")[![grasmash](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/539205?v=4)](https://github.com/grasmash "grasmash (2 commits)")[![kdambekalns](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/95873?v=4)](https://github.com/kdambekalns "kdambekalns (2 commits)")[![mmenozzi](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1199914?v=4)](https://github.com/mmenozzi "mmenozzi (2 commits)")[![david-garcia-garcia](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9599352?v=4)](https://github.com/david-garcia-garcia "david-garcia-garcia (1 commits)")[![geerlingguy](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/481677?v=4)](https://github.com/geerlingguy "geerlingguy (1 commits)")[![Ayesh](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/811553?v=4)](https://github.com/Ayesh "Ayesh (1 commits)")[![greg-1-anderson](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/612191?v=4)](https://github.com/greg-1-anderson "greg-1-anderson (1 commits)") --- Tags composerphp ### Code Quality TestsCodeception Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/cweagans-composer-patches/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/cweagans-composer-patches/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/cweagans-composer-patches) ``` ### Alternatives [vaimo/composer-patches Applies a patch from a local or remote file to any package that is part of a given composer project. 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