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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. hugochinchilla/botanist ActiveComposer-plugin[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) hugochinchilla/botanist ======================= Removes all the roots from your project dir v0.2(2y ago)758GPL-3.0-onlyPHPPHP >=7.0 Since Sep 28Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/hugochinchilla/botanist)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/hugochinchilla/botanist)[ RSS](/packages/hugochinchilla-botanist/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced yesterday READMEChangelogDependencies (4)Versions (3)Used By (0) Botanist ðŸŠī ========== [](#botanist-) [![Run test suite](https://github.com/hugochinchilla/botanist/actions/workflows/run-phpunit.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/hugochinchilla/botanist/actions/workflows/run-phpunit.yml) [![banner](img/ls-example.png)](img/ls-example.png) Add this plugin to your `composer.json` to prevent composer from creating files owned by root while running on docker. ``` composer require hugochinchilla/botanist ``` Why this project? ----------------- [](#why-this-project) Something I like a lot is being able to run any development environment just by running `docker compose up` after cloning it, without having to set up anything, no need to read the readme file, for me that is devex bliss. A typical problem setting docker to run with a user different that root is needing to customize your user id in a dotenv file before being able to start the project, and that makes me unhappy. How does it work? ----------------- [](#how-does-it-work) It sets a hook to run after commands that may write the `vendor/` dir or update the `composer.lock` file. The hook will check the parent dir owner/group and will set the same ownership to the files. It can only perform this action if composer is run as root, so if you don't install it as root you will not see the ownership changed until you execute any install/update as root. Is it better than running docker as not root? --------------------------------------------- [](#is-it-better-than-running-docker-as-not-root) No. The best practice is to not run containers as root, but if you are running it as root nonetheless, this will solve a common issue. What's the alternative? ----------------------- [](#whats-the-alternative) You can use a mix of a dotenv file and the following snippet: ``` # .env USER_ID=1000 # get yours running `id -u` # docker-compose.yml services: php: image: php:some-version user: ${USER_ID:-1000}:${USER_ID:-1000} ... ``` This will run the docker container as the same user as yours. If you don't define the USER\_ID in the dotenv file it will use 1000 as default value, there is a great chance that this is your id anyway. But if you want to have a repo that can be cloned by any user and just run with `docker compose up` without any prior setup, use botanist. ### Health Score 19 — LowBetter than 9% of packages Maintenance20 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity13 Limited adoption so far Community7 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity30 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 ~0 days Total 2 Last Release 1009d ago PHP version history (2 changes)v0.1PHP >=7.4 v0.2PHP >=7.0 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/196416?v=4)[Hugo Chinchilla Carbonell](/maintainers/hugochinchilla)[@hugochinchilla](https://github.com/hugochinchilla) --- Top Contributors [![hugochinchilla](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/196416?v=4)](https://github.com/hugochinchilla "hugochinchilla (25 commits)") ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/hugochinchilla-botanist/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/hugochinchilla-botanist/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/hugochinchilla-botanist) ``` ### Alternatives [aws/aws-sdk-php AWS SDK for PHP - Use Amazon Web Services in your PHP project 6.3k543.5M2.6k](/packages/aws-aws-sdk-php)[symfony/config Helps you find, load, combine, autofill and validate configuration values of any kind 4.3k479.6M8.5k](/packages/symfony-config)[phpro/grumphp A composer plugin that enables source code quality checks. 4.3k16.7M1.0k](/packages/phpro-grumphp)[symfony/asset-mapper Maps directories of assets & makes them available in a public directory with versioned filenames. 1678.8M238](/packages/symfony-asset-mapper)[pocketmine/pocketmine-mp A server software for Minecraft: Bedrock Edition written in PHP 3.5k78.3k90](/packages/pocketmine-pocketmine-mp)[friendsoftypo3/content-blocks TYPO3 CMS Content Blocks - Content Types API | Define reusable components via YAML 103519.9k53](/packages/friendsoftypo3-content-blocks) PHPackages ÂĐ 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)