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brew install composer v2.10.1 MIT

Dependency manager and package installer for PHP projects.

Why you might care

Composer is the de facto standard dependency manager for PHP, handling package resolution, autoloading, and version constraints across your project. It integrates with Packagist (PHP's central package repository) and generates optimized autoloaders, making it essential for any modern PHP development workflow. Use this if you're building PHP applications or libraries that need third-party packages.

Categories

package-manager build-system

Alternatives

PEAR npm (for Node.js) pip (for Python)
16.7k
30-day installs · #263
44.3k
90-day · #299
176.2k
365-day · #312

Runtime dependencies

php

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