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itscaro/composer-global-installer
=================================

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Composer global installer
=========================

[](#composer-global-installer)

This plugin allows to choose which packages should be installed in a shared directory with their version number as in this example:

Case 1: inside the package

```
vendor
├── autoload.php
├── composer
└── itscaro
    └── composer-global-installer

vendor-global/
└── zendframework
    ├── zendframework1-1.12.3
    └── zendframework1-1.12.6

```

Case 2: outside the package (globally shared for instance)

```
/package/
vendor
├── autoload.php
├── composer
└── itscaro
    └── composer-global-installer

/usr/share/php/
vendor-global/
└── zendframework
    ├── zendframework1-1.12.3
    └── zendframework1-1.12.6

```

Configuration

itscaro-global-installer is required to be present to activate this plugin, all nested properties are optional. By default, this plugin is active for "library" packages.

Default values

```
{
  "config": {
    "vendor-dir": "vendor",
    "itscaro-global-installer": {
      "vendor-global-dir": "vendor-global",
      "vendor-global-packages": [],
      "vendor-global-types": [
        "library"
      ]
    }
  },
}

```

Only zendframework/zendframework1 package is installed in /usr/share/php

```
{
  "config": {
    "vendor-dir": "vendor",
    "composer-global-installer": {
      "vendor-global-dir": "/usr/share/php",
      "vendor-global-packages": [
        "zendframework/zendframework1"
      ]
    }
  },
}

```

Usage:

The plugin should be the first required packaged.

```
{
  "require": {
    "itscaro/composer-global-installer": "1.0.0",
    "zendframework/zendframework1": "1.12.6"
  }
}

```

=======================

Credits to Martin Hasoň

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance0

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity13

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity64

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

Every ~10 days

Total

2

Last Release

4388d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/9936c8c26c98854ab46c6b1475264f0974bda83153d711c310dc999fa84f4b62?d=identicon)[itscaro](/maintainers/itscaro)

---

Top Contributors

[![itscaro](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/266018?v=4)](https://github.com/itscaro "itscaro (16 commits)")

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