What is 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.
Composer is a tool in the Package Managers category of a tech stack.
Composer is an open source tool with 28.2K GitHub stars and 4.4K GitHub forks. Here’s a link to Composer's open source repository on GitHub
Who uses Composer?
Companies
260 companies reportedly use Composer in their tech stacks, including Mollie, E-Commerce, and RatePAY GmbH.
Developers
732 developers on StackShare have stated that they use Composer.
Composer Integrations
JavaScript, MySQL, PHP, PhpStorm, and Linux are some of the popular tools that integrate with Composer. Here's a list of all 13 tools that integrate with Composer.
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Composer Alternatives & Comparisons
What are some alternatives to Composer?
Docker Compose
With Compose, you define a multi-container application in a single file, then spin your application up in a single command which does everything that needs to be done to get it running.
Docker
The Docker Platform is the industry-leading container platform for continuous, high-velocity innovation, enabling organizations to seamlessly build and share any application — from legacy to what comes next — and securely run them anywhere
Kubernetes
Kubernetes is an open source orchestration system for Docker containers. It handles scheduling onto nodes in a compute cluster and actively manages workloads to ensure that their state matches the users declared intentions.
Docker Swarm
Swarm serves the standard Docker API, so any tool which already communicates with a Docker daemon can use Swarm to transparently scale to multiple hosts: Dokku, Compose, Krane, Deis, DockerUI, Shipyard, Drone, Jenkins... and, of course, the Docker client itself.
Elementor
Create beautiful websites using a simple, intuitive drag and drop Interface.It offers pixel perfect design, yet produces 100% clean code. Take your design vision and turn it into a stunning custom-made website. It's fast and easy.
