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unvsoft/composer-extra-installer
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Composer Plugin for installing OS specific dependencies

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Since Jun 11Pushed 4y ago4 watchersCompare

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Composer Plugin for installing extra dependencies
-------------------------------------------------

[](#composer-plugin-for-installing-extra-dependencies)

This composer plugin installs extra dependencies like fixtures, or OS specified packages.

It's usefull, if you want install specific packages only for Windows or a many binary packages.

This plugin install only specified packages, and won't download package dependencies.

**This plugin will not add specified packages to autoload, there for section `autoload` not working.**

### Example usage

[](#example-usage)

composer.json

```
{
    ...
    "require": {
        "unvsoft/composer-extra-installer": "dev-master"
        ...
    },
    "extra": {
        "extra-require": {
            "unvsoft/main-programs": "dev-master"
        },
        "extra-require-unix": {
            "unvsoft/emsow-pacs-bridge": "1.2.1"
        },
        "extra-require-dev": {
            "unvsoft/fixtures/video-samples": "20141117",
            "unvsoft/fixtures/images-samples": "20140622"
        },
        "extra-require-dev-win": {
            "dcmtk/dcmtk-unvsoft-win64": "3.6.1-rc20140821",
            "imagemagick/imagemagick-q16-win32": "6.8.9-patch5"
        }
        ...
    }
    ...
}
```

Where packages specified in

- `require-extra` will be always installed (like require section),
- `require-extra-win` install when OS is Windows,
- `require-extra-unix` install when OS like Unix,
- `require-extra-dev` installed when option `--no-dev` not specified
- `require-extra-dev-win` installed when OS is Windows and option `--no-dev` not specified
- `require-extra-dev-win` installed when OS like Unix and option `--no-dev` not specified

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity68

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 54.5% 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 ~399 days

Recently: every ~0 days

Total

7

Last Release

1601d ago

Major Versions

1.3 → 2.02021-12-28

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ade7a373f84903ddd27ad57e2d1e09e92a8a4cf68b3e077f5108c57a1cac8bf2?d=identicon)[unvsoft](/maintainers/unvsoft)

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Top Contributors

[![VadimSafonov](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9134226?v=4)](https://github.com/VadimSafonov "VadimSafonov (6 commits)")[![kirillkomlev](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11974167?v=4)](https://github.com/kirillkomlev "kirillkomlev (5 commits)")

---

Tags

plugincomposer

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