Packagist
Packagist is the main Composer repository, aggregating public PHP packages installable with Composer.
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Packagist is the main Composer repository. It aggregates public PHP packages installable with Composer, and it is the default Composer package repository: it lets users find packages and lets Composer know where to get the code from. Users can manage project or library dependencies with Composer. Commercial support and consulting for PHP dependency management with Packagist and Composer are available through Private Packagist subscription plans, and using Private Packagist is described as the best way to financially support the hosting and maintenance of Packagist.org and Composer.
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Packagist is the main Composer repository, aggregating public PHP packages installable with Composer. It is the default Composer package repository, letting users find packages and letting Composer know where to get the code from. Users can manage their project or libraries' dependencies with Composer. Commercial support and consulting for PHP dependency management with Packagist and Composer are available through Private Packagist subscription plans, and using Private Packagist is described as the best way to financially support the hosting and maintenance of Packagist.org and Composer; its proceeds go directly towards Packagist.org and Composer maintenance. To publish a package, a composer.json file is placed at the root of the package's repository, validated with composer validate, committed to a git or other VCS repository, and then submitted after logging in or registering on the site.
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The main and default Composer package repository for public PHP packages.
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