What is Packagist?
It is the main Composer repository. It aggregates public PHP packages installable with Composer. It lets you find packages and lets Composer know where to get the code from. You can use Composer to manage your project or libraries' dependencies
Packagist is a tool in the Hosted Package Repository category of a tech stack.
Packagist is an open source tool with 1.7K GitHub stars and 502 GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Packagist's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses Packagist?
Companies
14 companies reportedly use Packagist in their tech stacks, including PUBLY, Monogramm, and funin.
Developers
23 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Packagist.
Packagist Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Packagist?
Composer
It is a tool for dependency management in PHP. It allows you to declare the libraries your project depends on and it will manage (install/update) them for you.
Drupal
Drupal is an open source content management platform powering millions of websites and applications. It’s built, used, and supported by an active and diverse community of people around the world.
PyPI
It is a repository of software for the Python programming language.
It helps you find and install software developed and shared by the Python community.
Package authors use it to distribute their software.
fpm
It helps you build packages quickly and easily (Packages like RPM and DEB formats).
Conan
Install or build your own packages for any platform. Conan also allows you to run your own server easily from the command line.
