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slince/composer-alias
=====================

Composer Alias Plugin

1.0.0(8y ago)728[1 issues](https://github.com/slince/composer-alias/issues)MITPHPPHP >=5.6

Since Jan 16Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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Composer Alias Plugin
=====================

[](#composer-alias-plugin)

Add alias-support feature for your composer.

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[中文版](./README-zh_CN.md)

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

[](#installation)

Install via composer.

```
$ composer global require slince/composer-alias

```

Example
-------

[](#example)

Add alias for `composer update`;

```
$ composer alias up update
```

Now, you can execute the following command to update your dependencies.

```
$ composer up
```

USAGE
-----

[](#usage)

### Add an alias:

[](#add-an-alias)

```
$ composer alias req require
```

Equals:

```
$ composer req symfony/console
```

### Group packages

[](#group-packages)

You can use this command to group packages. like this:

```
$ composer req-sf "require symfony/console symfony/event-dispatcher"
```

You can install "symfony/console", "symfony/event-dispatcher" with this command:

```
$ composer req-sf
```

### List all alias

[](#list-all-alias)

```
$ composer alias -l
```

will output:

```
 -------- --------------------------------------------------
  Alias    Command
 -------- --------------------------------------------------
  val      validate
  up       update
  req-sf   require symfony/event-dispatcher symfony/console
  req      require
  i        install
 -------- --------------------------------------------------

```

### Remove an existing alias

[](#remove-an-existing-alias)

```
$ composer alias [alias name] --unset
```

### Help

[](#help)

Execute the following command for help.

```
$ composer alias --help
```

LICENSE
-------

[](#license)

The MIT license. See [MIT](https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 41% of packages

Maintenance17

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity12

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3087d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3785826?v=4)[Tao](/maintainers/slince)[@slince](https://github.com/slince)

---

Top Contributors

[![slince](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3785826?v=4)](https://github.com/slince "slince (6 commits)")

---

Tags

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###  Code Quality

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