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labor-digital/composer-dev-symlink
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Composer Dev-Symlink
====================

[](#composer-dev-symlink)

This plugin aims to assist when working on local composer packages without using a "path" repository, because that will break the composer.lock file. The goal was to simulate the basic behaviour of "npm link" to create symlinks and have the local packages in deployment in a single directory.

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

[](#installation)

Simply install this plugin by using composer:

```
composer require labor-digital/composer-dev-symlink

```

If you want to install the plugin globally instead, feel free to do so by using:

```
composer global require labor-digital/composer-dev-symlink

```

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

By default the plugin will look for packages to link in the directory: `$CWD/vendor-dev/`. However, if that does not fit your needs you can always change the directory by setting it in your project's composer.json:

```
{
	"extra": {
		"composer-dev-symlink": "./my-dev/*"
	}
}
```

To keep in mind
---------------

[](#to-keep-in-mind)

- This plugin is installed globally in our [php dev images](https://github.com/labor-digital/docker-base-images)
- There are plenty of other plugins that aim to do the same stuff, but did not work as globally installed plugin or broke the composer.lock file.
    - [franzliedke/studio#89](https://github.com/franzliedke/studio/issues/89)
    -
    - [Letudiant/composer-shared-package-plugin#21](https://github.com/Letudiant/composer-shared-package-plugin/pull/21)

Postcardware
------------

[](#postcardware)

You're free to use this package, but if you use it regularly in your development environment we highly appreciate you sending us a postcard from your hometown, mentioning which of our package(s) you are using.

Our address is: LABOR.digital - Fischtorplatz 21 - 55116 Mainz, Germany

We publish all received postcards on our [company website](https://labor.digital).

###  Health Score

35

—

LowBetter than 80% of packages

Maintenance26

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity31

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

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 ~71 days

Recently: every ~93 days

Total

11

Last Release

1910d ago

PHP version history (3 changes)v1.0.0PHP >=7.0

1.1.1PHP >=5.6

1.4.0PHP >=7.2

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0eb1c26fb5a535cd7a656faffbae7929009558b2bfa6156b2be7b636d689e13a?d=identicon)[labor-digital](/maintainers/labor-digital)

---

Tags

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