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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. deviantintegral/composer-gavel ActiveComposer-plugin[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) deviantintegral/composer-gavel ============================== Enforce a minimum Composer version for your team v1.0.0(6mo ago)8214.8k↓32.6%3[1 issues](https://github.com/deviantintegral/composer-gavel/issues)[1 PRs](https://github.com/deviantintegral/composer-gavel/pulls)MITPHPPHP ^8.2CI passing Since Feb 27Pushed 4d ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/deviantintegral/composer-gavel)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/deviantintegral/composer-gavel)[ RSS](/packages/deviantintegral-composer-gavel/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced 3d ago READMEChangelog (2)Dependencies (6)Versions (37)Used By (0) Composer Gavel ============== [](#composer-gavel) [ ![Gavel](img/noun_131778_cc.png) ](https://thenounproject.com/search/?q=gavel&i=131778)*I judge your Composer to be insufficent* [![CI](https://github.com/deviantintegral/composer-gavel/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/deviantintegral/composer-gavel/actions/workflows/ci.yml) [![Packagist](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/15ba6c9a6fbd0997c9876617139320c57ea8e48a52dec0a6b22aee5fd459aefb/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f64657669616e74696e74656772616c2f636f6d706f7365722d676176656c2e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/deviantintegral/composer-gavel) Rationale --------- [](#rationale) We've worked on many projects with larger teams where developers end up with multiple versions of composer all over their local environments. This plugin will ensure that composer version warnings can't be ignored by developers, which is especially useful when developers need to run `composer update`. Usage ----- [](#usage) `$ composer global require deviantintegral/composer-gavel` ### Add plugin to your project and update other dependencies [](#add-plugin-to-your-project-and-update-other-dependencies) 1. `$ composer require --dev deviantintegral/composer-gavel` 2. `$ composer update` ### Add without updating anything [](#add-without-updating-anything) 1. `$ composer require --dev deviantintegral/composer-gavel` 2. Update the composer.lock hash with `$ composer update --lock`. When the running composer version does not satisfy the constraint, an error will be thrown. [![gavel error](img/gavel-error.png)](img/gavel-error.png) It's recommended to require this plugin on a per-project basis as well as globally. If the plugin is not globally installed, then the version check will not run during the very first composer install or update. The per-project requirement ensures that the plugin is activated after the initial install. The composer version is a root-only key and is not used in dependencies. ### Health Score 61 — FairBetter than 98% of packages Maintenance82 Actively maintained with recent releases Popularity41 Moderate usage in the ecosystem Community15 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity87 Battle-tested with a long release history Bus Factor2 2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits 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 ~407 days Recently: every ~450 days Total 8 Last Release 197d ago Major Versions v0.6.0 → v1.0.02025-12-19 PHP version history (5 changes)0.1.0PHP >=7.0.0 0.2.0PHP >=5.6.0 0.4.0PHP >=7.3 0.5.0PHP ^8.0 v0.6.0PHP ^8.2 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2af6dd69ba6ab26b7beaf5e144c3a8248d3417db329a6288d72023070cbbab0f?d=identicon)[deviantintegral](/maintainers/deviantintegral) --- Top Contributors [![deviantintegral](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/255023?v=4)](https://github.com/deviantintegral "deviantintegral (93 commits)")[![renovate[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/2740?v=4)](https://github.com/renovate[bot] "renovate[bot] (92 commits)")[![claude](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/81847?v=4)](https://github.com/claude "claude (32 commits)")[![anotherjames](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/557181?v=4)](https://github.com/anotherjames "anotherjames (4 commits)")[![darthsteven](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/95782?v=4)](https://github.com/darthsteven "darthsteven (1 commits)")[![markdorison](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/20355?v=4)](https://github.com/markdorison "markdorison (1 commits)") ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit Static AnalysisPHPStan Code StylePHP CS Fixer Type Coverage Yes ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/deviantintegral-composer-gavel/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/deviantintegral-composer-gavel/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/deviantintegral-composer-gavel) ``` ### Alternatives [symfony/runtime Enables decoupling PHP applications from global state 74798.8M1.0k](/packages/symfony-runtime)[drupal/core-composer-scaffold A flexible Composer project scaffold builder. 5445.2M564](/packages/drupal-core-composer-scaffold)[drupal/core-project-message Adds a message after Composer installation. 2124.7M203](/packages/drupal-core-project-message)[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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