Sites like Packagist

01 · Entity

About Packagist

Packagist packagist.org

Packagist.org

The PHP Package Repository

Wikidata: The main Composer repository, aggregating public PHP packages installable with Composer

Top 10K · #4,555 5 technologies Crawled Nov 6, 2026

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Summary by Claude

Packagist is the main public repository of PHP packages that can be installed with the Composer dependency manager, where developers search for and publish open-source libraries.

Who it’s for

PHP developers

Business model

Sponsorships and donations (with paid private repositories via Private Packagist)

• software package registry
• PHP packages
• Composer dependency manager
• publishing PHP libraries
• package search
• dependency installation
• autoloading
• supply chain security
• package versions

02 · Embedding space

Competitor map

Each alternative by how close its vector is to Packagist’s (x) and how much traffic it gets, how much of the stack it shares, or where it sits in the embedding space itself (y). Lines split each axis at the median. Hover for the numbers, click to jump to it in the list.

1. 01
   getcomposer.org Top 10K English

   Composer

   A Dependency Manager for PHP

   • Google Search Console
   • Google Workspace
   • nginx
   • Amazon Route 53

   0 say getcomposer.org is a good alternative to Packagist 0 say getcomposer.org isn’t a real alternative to Packagist

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2. 02
   PHP php.net Top 1K English

   PHP

   PHP is a popular general-purpose scripting language that powers everything from your blog to the most popular websites in the world.

   • bunny.net
   • Google Search Console
   • Font Awesome
   • jQuery
   • Matomo

   0 say PHP is a good alternative to Packagist 0 say PHP isn’t a real alternative to Packagist

   Comment
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3. 03
   CPAN cpan.org Top 10K English

   The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network - www.cpan.org

   Perl package repository

   • Google Search Console
   • Apache HTTP Server
   • Fastly
   • GlobalSign
   • Google Analytics

   0 say CPAN is a good alternative to Packagist 0 say CPAN isn’t a real alternative to Packagist

   Comment
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4. 04
   Hardened PHP hardened-php.net Top 10K English

   Hardened PHP - Hardened-PHP

   PHP is far and away the most popular backend programming language today, with more than 80 websites worldwide taking advantage of PHP solutions. All of the most popular CMS platforms – including WordPress, Joomla!, and Drupal (just to name a few) leverage this technology. It’s flexibility and versatility make it a powerhouse programming language, but […]

   • jQuery
   • nginx
   • PHP
   • WordPress

   0 say Hardened PHP is a good alternative to Packagist 0 say Hardened PHP isn’t a real alternative to Packagist

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5. 05
   phpBB phpbb.com Top 10K English

   open-source Internet forum package written in PHP

   • Cloudflare
   • Cloudflare DNS

   0 say phpBB is a good alternative to Packagist 0 say phpBB isn’t a real alternative to Packagist

   Comment
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6. 06
   npmjs.com Top 10K English

   package manager for the Node.js JavaScript runtime environment

   • Amazon SES
   • Google Search Console
   • Google Workspace
   • Cloudflare
   • Cloudflare DNS
   • HubSpot

   0 say npmjs.com is a good alternative to Packagist 0 say npmjs.com isn’t a real alternative to Packagist

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7. 07
   Drupal drupal.org Top 10K English

   Client Challenge

   free and open-source web content management system

   • Amazon SES
   • Google Search Console
   • Atlassian
   • Fastly
   • GlobalSign
   • Mailchimp

   0 say Drupal is a good alternative to Packagist 0 say Drupal isn’t a real alternative to Packagist

   Comment
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8. 08
   phpMyAdmin phpmyadmin.net Top 10K English

   phpMyAdmin

   database administration tool

   • Google Search Console
   • Google Analytics

   0 say phpMyAdmin is a good alternative to Packagist 0 say phpMyAdmin isn’t a real alternative to Packagist

   Comment
   Close cos 0.881
9. 09
   Snapcraft snapcraft.io Top 10K English

   Snapcraft - Snaps are universal Linux packages

   Snaps are containerised software packages that are simple to create and install. They auto-update and are safe to run. And because they bundle their dependencies, they work on all major Linux systems without modification.

   • Google Search Console
   • GlobalSign
   • Google Tag Manager
   • Marketo
   • nginx
   • Sentry

   0 say Snapcraft is a good alternative to Packagist 0 say Snapcraft isn’t a real alternative to Packagist

   Comment
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10. 10
    Zend zend.com Top 10K English

    Enterprise PHP Development Platform | Expert PHP Support | Zend

    Zend is a trusted source for PHP development platforms, including secure runtimes, PHP monitoring tools & full PHP support for developers worldwide.

    • Amazon SES
    • Google Search Console
    • Google Workspace
    • Alpine.js
    • Atlassian
    • cdnjs

    0 say Zend is a good alternative to Packagist 0 say Zend isn’t a real alternative to Packagist

    Comment
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11. 11
    apachefriends.org Top 10K English

    XAMPP Installers and Downloads for Apache Friends

    XAMPP is an easy to install Apache distribution containing MariaDB, PHP and Perl.

    • cdnjs
    • Cloudflare DNS
    • Fastly
    • Font Awesome
    • GitHub Pages
    • Google Analytics

    0 say apachefriends.org is a good alternative to Packagist 0 say apachefriends.org isn’t a real alternative to Packagist

    Comment
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12. 12
    PostgreSQL postgresql.org Top 10K English

    PostgreSQL: The world's most advanced open source database

    The official site for PostgreSQL, the world's most advanced open source database

    • Google Search Console
    • Font Awesome
    • nginx

    0 say PostgreSQL is a good alternative to Packagist 0 say PostgreSQL isn’t a real alternative to Packagist

    Comment
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13. 13
    Moodle moodle.org Top 10K

    Moodle challenge

    e-learning platform

    • Amazon SES
    • Google Search Console
    • Google Workspace
    • Cloudflare
    • Cloudflare DNS
    • Mailchimp Transactional

    0 say Moodle is a good alternative to Packagist 0 say Moodle isn’t a real alternative to Packagist

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14. 14
    Turnitin turnitin.com Top 10K

    ERROR: The request could not be satisfied

    Internet-based plagiarism-prevention service

    • Amazon SES
    • Google Search Console
    • Google Workspace
    • Apple Business
    • Atlassian
    • Amazon CloudFront

    0 say Turnitin is a good alternative to Packagist 0 say Turnitin isn’t a real alternative to Packagist

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15. 15
    Habr habr.com Top 10K English

    Publications / My feed / Habr

    collaborative blog

    • Google Search Console
    • Google Ad Manager
    • Google Analytics
    • Google Fonts
    • Matomo
    • unpkg

    0 say Habr is a good alternative to Packagist 0 say Habr isn’t a real alternative to Packagist

    Comment
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16. 16
    HostGator hostgator.com Top 1K English

    Hostgator.com

    404: Page not found. You might ensure the URL is spelled correctly, or if you followed a link here please let us know. Please try one of the links below in order to reach your desired destination.

    • Google Search Console
    • Cloudflare
    • Cloudflare DNS
    • Microsoft 365
    • Salesforce

    0 say HostGator is a good alternative to Packagist 0 say HostGator isn’t a real alternative to Packagist

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17. 17
    Laravel News laravel-news.com Top 10K English

    Laravel News: Tutorials, Packages & Framework News

    Laravel News is the official blog of Laravel. Every day bringing you the latest news, tutorials, and packages for the framework.

    • Google Search Console
    • Google Workspace
    • Adobe Fonts
    • Cloudflare
    • Cloudflare DNS
    • Fathom

    0 say Laravel News is a good alternative to Packagist 0 say Laravel News isn’t a real alternative to Packagist

    Comment
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18. 18
    Arch Linux archlinux.org Top 10K English

    Arch Linux

    Linux distribution

    • Google Search Console
    • Hetzner DNS
    • nginx

    0 say Arch Linux is a good alternative to Packagist 0 say Arch Linux isn’t a real alternative to Packagist

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19. 19
    Laravel laravel.com Top 10K English

    Laravel - The clean stack for Artisans and agents

    Laravel is a framework for building modern web apps and AI agents. Expressive syntax, built-in tools, and everything you need to ship fast.

    • Algolia
    • Google Search Console
    • Google Workspace
    • Apple Business
    • Atlassian
    • Cloudflare

    0 say Laravel is a good alternative to Packagist 0 say Laravel isn’t a real alternative to Packagist

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20. 20
    MediaWiki mediawiki.org Top 10K English

    MediaWiki

    free and open-source wiki software, developed by the Wikimedia Foundation

    • Google Search Console

    0 say MediaWiki is a good alternative to Packagist 0 say MediaWiki isn’t a real alternative to Packagist

    Comment
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Ranked by score: the cosine similarity of each site’s vector to packagist.org’s, less a small penalty for generic sites that are close to everything. Highlighted technologies are ones Packagist uses too. Votes and comments come from visitors and don’t change the ranking.

04 · Fingerprints

Technology

What Packagist is built with, and what its closest competitors use, from its homepage’s code and its DNS records.