Command-line tool

composer

brew/composer

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Dependency Manager for PHP

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

scoop install composer

macOS

brew install composer

Linux

brew install composer

Interactively create a `composer.json` file

composer init

Add a package as a dependency for this project, adding an entry to `composer.json`

composer require user/package

Install all the dependencies in this project's `composer.json` and create `composer.lock`

composer install

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