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symplify/composer-json-manipulator
==================================

Package to load, merge and save composer.json file(s)

11.1.18(3y ago)387.2M↓20.6%35MITPHPPHP >=8.1

Since Apr 8Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

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Manipulate composer.json with Beautiful Object API
==================================================

[](#manipulate-composerjson-with-beautiful-object-api)

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- load to `composer.json` to an object
- use handful methods
- merge it with others
- print it back to `composer.json` in human-like format

Install
-------

[](#install)

```
composer require symplify/composer-json-manipulator
```

Add to your `config/config.php`:

```
use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Loader\Configurator\ContainerConfigurator;
use Symplify\ComposerJsonManipulator\ValueObject\ComposerJsonManipulatorConfig;

return static function (ContainerConfigurator $containerConfigurator): void {
    $containerConfigurator->import(ComposerJsonManipulatorConfig::FILE_PATH);
};
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
namespace App;

use Symplify\ComposerJsonManipulator\ComposerJsonFactory;

class SomeClass
{
    /**
     * @var ComposerJsonFactory
     */
    private $composerJsonFactory;

    public function __construct(ComposerJsonFactory $composerJsonFactory)
    {
        $this->composerJsonFactory = $composerJsonFactory;
    }

    public function run(): void
    {
        // ↓ instance of \Symplify\ComposerJsonManipulator\ValueObject\ComposerJson
        $composerJson = $this->composerJsonFactory->createFromFilePath(getcwd() . '/composer.json');

        // Add a PRS-4 namespace
        $autoLoad = $composerJson->getAutoload();
        $autoLoad['psr-4']['Cool\\Stuff\\'] = './lib/';
        $composerJson->setAutoload($autoLoad);
        $this->jsonFileManager->printComposerJsonToFilePath($composerJson, $composerJson->getFileInfo()->getRealPath());
    }
}
```

Report Issues
-------------

[](#report-issues)

In case you are experiencing a bug or want to request a new feature head over to the [Symplify monorepo issue tracker](https://github.com/symplify/symplify/issues)

Contribute
----------

[](#contribute)

The sources of this package are contained in the Symplify monorepo. We welcome contributions for this package on [symplify/symplify](https://github.com/symplify/symplify).

###  Health Score

49

—

FairBetter than 95% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity53

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community17

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity84

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 96.3% 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 ~2 days

Recently: every ~12 days

Total

412

Last Release

1249d ago

Major Versions

v7.3.18 → v8.0.0-beta12020-05-16

8.3.48 → 9.0.0-BETA12020-11-14

9.4.70 → 10.0.0-beta12021-11-02

10.3.3 → 11.0.02022-06-13

PHP version history (6 changes)v7.2.10PHP ^7.2

8.2.17PHP ^7.2|^8.0

8.3.0PHP >=7.2

9.0.0-rc1PHP >=7.3

v9.3.27PHP >=8.0

11.1.11PHP >=8.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/924196?v=4)[Tomas Votruba](/maintainers/TomasVotruba)[@TomasVotruba](https://github.com/TomasVotruba)

---

Top Contributors

[![actions-user](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/65916846?v=4)](https://github.com/actions-user "actions-user (437 commits)")[![TomasVotruba](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/924196?v=4)](https://github.com/TomasVotruba "TomasVotruba (17 commits)")

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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