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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. dreamfactory/package-installer AbandonedComposer-plugin[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) dreamfactory/package-installer ============================== DreamFactory Services Platform(tm) Package Installer 1.4.13(10y ago)31744[1 PRs](https://github.com/dreamfactorysoftware/package-installer/pulls)1Apache-2.0PHP Since Jan 13Pushed 2y ago9 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/dreamfactorysoftware/package-installer)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/dreamfactory/package-installer)[ Docs](https://www.dreamfactory.com/)[ RSS](/packages/dreamfactory-package-installer/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 2d ago READMEChangelogDependencies (4)Versions (87)Used By (1) DreamFactory Platform Package Installer v1.4.13 ----------------------------------------------- [](#dreamfactory-platform-package-installer-v1413) [![Latest Stable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/02be07bc3c3e35649b2e3dcd773ff73289a55632fc14b08751bfca437a0bf896/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f647265616d666163746f72792f7061636b6167652d696e7374616c6c65722f762f737461626c652e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/dreamfactory/package-installer) [![Total Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/fbf9936b368930f2f624db97ce97028c530858c543569daecc6225d618a8f543/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f647265616d666163746f72792f7061636b6167652d696e7374616c6c65722f646f776e6c6f6164732e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/dreamfactory/package-installer) [![Latest Unstable Version](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/0c8fa61704ff5d0489a34c0eeae23c17e11210c821dad8fefe6a7f40e115db99/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f647265616d666163746f72792f7061636b6167652d696e7374616c6c65722f762f756e737461626c652e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/dreamfactory/package-installer) [![License](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/b1355ec5d6f81e50d539e1a42ad40a9f19780230ca184fa2c188f595aca3a54a/68747470733a2f2f706f7365722e707567782e6f72672f647265616d666163746f72792f7061636b6167652d696e7374616c6c65722f6c6963656e73652e737667)](https://packagist.org/packages/dreamfactory/package-installer) DreamFactory Platform Package Installer (PPI) is a tool for installing applications, libraries and plug-ins on to your [DSP](https://github.com/dreamfactorysoftware/dsp-core). Packages installed with this tool are safe from system upgrades. Packaging with Composer ----------------------- [](#packaging-with-composer) By default, the PPI leverages the package manager used by the DSP, [Composer](http://getcomposer.org). While this document and the package installer require a `composer.json` file to install your package, DSP packages are not required, or limited, to utilize this packaging method. See \[Packaging Without Composer\]\[\] for more information on alternative packaging. ### What's Composer? [](#whats-composer) Composer is a dependency manager tracking local dependencies of your projects and libraries. See for more information and documentation. ### Installation and Usage [](#installation-and-usage) No installation is required. To have the PPI install your package, you need to set the `composer.json` property [type](http://getcomposer.org/doc/04-schema.md#type) to one of the following types: - `dreamfactory-application` - `dreamfactory-library` - `dreamfactory-plugin` #### Applications [](#applications) Applications are DSP applications that consist of only client-side code. These are installed to your DSP's `/storage/applications` directory. #### Plugins/Libraries [](#pluginslibraries) Plugins, or libraries are DSP extensions that consist of code or code and UI components. These are installed to your DSP's `/storage/plugins` directory. ### Specifying Your Package Details [](#specifying-your-package-details) In addition to specifying a package type, the PPI utilizes the "extra" section of your project's configuration file (`composer.json`). In this section you can customize the installation of your DSP package: ``` { "extra": { "data": { "application": { "api-name": "pbox", "name": "Portal Sandbox", "description": "A sample application that demonstrates the DSP's portal service.", "url": "/index.php", "is-url-external": false, "import-url": "https://github.com/dreamfactorysoftware/portal-sandbox/archive/master.zip", "is-active": true, "requires-fullscreen": false, "allow-fullscreen-toggle": true, "toggle-location": "top" } "config": "config/app.config.php", "links": [ { "target": "src/", "link": "pbox" } ] } } } ``` In the above example we are giving our package a pretty name, an `api_name` (which defines the route) and a few other details. #### Application Properties [](#application-properties) NameTypeDescription`api-name`stringThe API name for the app`name`stringThe display name of the app`description`stringThe description of the app`is-active`booleanIf false, app is ignored by DSP`url`stringThe absolute/relative url to this app`is-url-external`booleanIndicates the source of the url`import-url`stringThe url from which this app can be downloaded`storage-service-id`intThe id of the storage service`storage-container`stringThe container on the storage service which stores this app`requires-fullscreen`booleanIf true, full screen mode is default`allow-fullscreen-toggle`booleanIf true, full screen mode toggle is available`toggle-location`stringThe location of the toggle. Defaults to "top"### Packaging Without Composer [](#packaging-without-composer) Not possible at this time. ### Contributing [](#contributing) All code contributions - including those of people having commit access - must go through a pull request and approved by a core developer before being merged. This is to ensure proper review of all the code. Fork the project, create a feature branch, and send us a pull request. If you would like to help take a look at the [list of issues](http://github.com/dreamfactorysoftware/dsp-core/issues). ### Community [](#community) - Join our other DSP users on [Google Groups](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/dsp-devs)! - IRC channels are on irc.freenode.org: #dreamfactory for users and #dreamfactory-dev for development. - Stack Overflow has a growing collection of [DSP related questions](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/dreamfactory-dsp). ### License [](#license) Composer is licensed under the Apache 2.0 License - see the LICENSE.txt file for details ### Health Score 36 — LowBetter than 82% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity16 Limited adoption so far Community17 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity79 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 95.9% 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 ~6 days Recently: every ~58 days Total 83 Last Release 3989d ago ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a6d25412f9819bf51eaf3cb005d1f1239f2b81081c51018240d132b98e6ad2b8?d=identicon)[dreamfactory](/maintainers/dreamfactory) --- Top Contributors [![df-jablan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2593959?v=4)](https://github.com/df-jablan "df-jablan (419 commits)")[![lucifurious](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/327512?v=4)](https://github.com/lucifurious "lucifurious (18 commits)") --- Tags plugincloudinstallerjetpackdsp ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/dreamfactory-package-installer/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/dreamfactory-package-installer/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/dreamfactory-package-installer) ``` ### Alternatives [ergebnis/composer-normalize Provides a composer plugin for normalizing composer.json. 1.1k37.3M2.1k](/packages/ergebnis-composer-normalize)[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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