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philetaylor/composer-cleanup-plugin
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A composer cleanup plugin, to remove tests and documentation to save space

1.0.0(7y ago)09MITPHP

Since Jun 18Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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Composer Cleanup Plugin
=======================

[](#composer-cleanup-plugin)

Remove tests & documentation from the vendor dir. Based on [laravel-vendor-cleanup](https://github.com/barryvdh/laravel-vendor-cleanup) but implemented as a Composer Plugin instead of a Laravel command.

Usually disk size shouldn't be a problem, but when you have to use FTP to deploy or have very limited disk space, you can use this package to cut down the vendor directory by deleting files that aren't used in production (tests/docs etc).

> **Note:** This package is still experimental, usage in production is not recommended. In normal circumstances, you shouldn't care about disk space! Try deploying with SSH/Git instead.

Install
-------

[](#install)

Require this package in your composer.json:

```
  "barryvdh/composer-cleanup-plugin": "0.2.x"

```

Adding rules
------------

[](#adding-rules)

Please submit a PR to [src/CleanupRules.php](https://github.com/barryvdh/composer-cleanup-plugin/blob/master/src/CleanupRules.php) to add more rules for packages. Make sure you test them first, sometimes tests dirs are classmapped and will error when deleted.

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 52% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 62% 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 ~462 days

Total

4

Last Release

2645d ago

Major Versions

v0.2.0 → 1.0.02019-04-03

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/492cad83f394abf358f646f36e3bff9c21aff9627ef78a88f64412b5346ff196?d=identicon)[PhilETaylor](/maintainers/PhilETaylor)

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Top Contributors

[![barryvdh](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/973269?v=4)](https://github.com/barryvdh "barryvdh (31 commits)")[![PhilETaylor](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/400092?v=4)](https://github.com/PhilETaylor "PhilETaylor (9 commits)")[![mmodler](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1906217?v=4)](https://github.com/mmodler "mmodler (8 commits)")[![phy25](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/331403?v=4)](https://github.com/phy25 "phy25 (1 commits)")[![widoz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1917784?v=4)](https://github.com/widoz "widoz (1 commits)")

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