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horde/composer
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Handle composer.json files and composer directory structures without composer dependency

v1.0.0beta1(2mo ago)01.1k2LGPL-2.1-onlyPHPPHP ^8.2

Since May 11Pushed 1mo ago6 watchersCompare

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horde/composer
==============

[](#hordecomposer)

Read and write Composer.json files and iterate composer directory structures without composer or framework dependencies

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Compatibility
-------------

[](#compatibility)

Currently targets composer 2.2 format for writing but should be compatible down to composer 2.0 and mostly compatible with composer 1.x, except pear repository types.

Origin
------

[](#origin)

Same or similar implementations existed in

- horde/horde-installer-plugin Composer plugin
- horde/components Developer CLI
- horde/hordectl Admin CLI

Depending on these packages for further use cases was not practical so I split off and generalized as far as I could.

###  Health Score

42

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FairBetter than 89% of packages

Maintenance88

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community15

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity39

Early-stage or recently created project

 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 ~108 days

Total

4

Last Release

89d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e4f6c6771993db2ed500959b42353f6cf6a2ca0406d9617f7ae680f4504faa4a?d=identicon)[horde](/maintainers/horde)

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Top Contributors

[![ralflang](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/646976?v=4)](https://github.com/ralflang "ralflang (12 commits)")

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Tags

jsoncomposermetadatasupportpackagist

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/horde-composer/health.svg)

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