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iweb/composer-patches
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Applies a patch from a local or remote file to any package that is part of a given composer project. Patches can be defined both on project and on package level. Optional support for patch versioning, sequencing, custom patch applier configuration and patch command for testing/troubleshooting added patches.

4.20.2.2(5y ago)011.5kMITPHP >=5.3.0

Since Jun 7Compare

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READMEChangelogDependencies (10)Versions (175)Used By (0)

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###  Health Score

34

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LowBetter than 77% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community2

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity77

Established project with proven stability

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 ~8 days

Recently: every ~149 days

Total

173

Last Release

1828d ago

Major Versions

3.50.2 → 4.19.22019-09-02

3.50.3 → 4.19.32019-09-05

3.51.0 → 4.20.02019-09-16

3.51.1 → 4.20.12019-09-24

3.51.2 → 4.20.22019-09-24

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d845bbc2af2a4c52e352fca6b7b4ba886f4edb0040ac49478e1bbd7fec63ba56?d=identicon)[tom-iweb](/maintainers/tom-iweb)

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Tags

pluginutilitytoolsmaintenanceutilsutilitiescomposer-pluginpatchingbackportsFixesversion restrictionindirect restrictionspatch descriptionremote patch filesdownloaded patchespackage bug-fixpackage patchespatch exclusiondevelopment patcheshot-fixeshotfixesenvironment flagsskipped packagespatch skippingmaintenance toolsmultiple formatspatch branchingmulti-version patchesbundled patchespatch commandos-specific configconfigurable patch applierback-portsbulk patchespatch headerpatch meta-dataresolve patchespatch searchpatch resolvepatchercomposer command

###  Code Quality

Code StylePHP\_CodeSniffer

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