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davidverholen/magento-composer-installer
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Composer installer for Magento modules

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Magento Composer Installer
==========================

[](#magento-composer-installer)

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Supported Types:
----------------

[](#supported-types)

magento-module
magento-core

Core Installer
--------------

[](#core-installer)

### Installation

[](#installation)

to Install the Magento Core require magento/core in your composer.json.
Magento will be copied to the Magento root dir (Default: 'magento')

```
{
    "require": {
        "davidverholen/magento-composer-installer": "~1",
        "magento/core": "~1.9"
    },
    "extra": {
        "magento-root-dir": "magento"
    }
}
```

Module Installer
----------------

[](#module-installer)

### Install a Module

[](#install-a-module)

Just require the Modules in your composer.json.

Many composer installable Magento extensions are listed under [packages.firegento.com](http://packages.firegento.com)
There is also an example of how to add a composer package directly from a github (or any git) Repository

```
{
    "repositories": [
        {
            "type": "composer",
            "url": "packages.firegento.com"
        },
        {
            "type": "git",
            "url": "https://github.com/danslo/ApiImport.git"
        }
    ],
    "require": {
        "davidverholen/magento-composer-installer": "~1",
        "magento/core": "~1.9",
        "firegento/magesetup": "~2",
        "danslo/api-import": "~1"
    },
    "extra": {
        "magento-root-dir": "magento"
    }
}
```

###  Health Score

20

—

LowBetter than 14% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity43

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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2813693?v=4)[David Verholen](/maintainers/davidverholen)[@davidverholen](https://github.com/davidverholen)

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