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itk-dev/composer-virtualenv
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A simple virtual environment for composer

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Composer virtualenv
===================

[](#composer-virtualenv)

A simple virtual environment for `composer`.

Inspired by Python's [`virtualenv`](https://virtualenv.pypa.io/en/stable/), this package adds a script for prepending `vendor/bin` to the `PATH` variable to make it easier to run commands installed via `composer`.

Background
----------

[](#background)

Assume your `composer.json` contains

```
    "require-dev": {
        "phpunit/phpunit": "^6.5",
        "drush/drush": "^9.2"
    }
```

After running `composer install` you have to make sure to run `vendor/bin/phpunit` or `vendor/bin/drush`, respectively, to run the right command. If you just run `phpunit` you'll will run any globally installed version of `phpunit` (or get an error if `phpunit` is not installed).

Composer virtualenv, helps you run the right commands, i.e. the ones installed using `composer`, without having to (remember to) type `vendor/bin/` every time.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer require itk-dev/composer-virtualenv "^1.0"
```

Activating the virtual environment
----------------------------------

[](#activating-the-virtual-environment)

To deactivate the virtual environment, run

```
source vendor/bin/activate
```

**Note**: It is important to `source` the script – it will not work if it is run.

This prepends the path `vendor/bin` to the `PATH` environment variable, and any command installed using `composer` will be run instead of any globally available command of the same name.

Deactivating the virtual environment
------------------------------------

[](#deactivating-the-virtual-environment)

To deactivate the virtual environment and restore the `PATH`variable to its original value, run

```
deactivate
```

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity25

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 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

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Total

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Last Release

2946d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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