Still on Drupal 7? Security support for Drupal 7 ended on 5 January 2025. Please visit our Drupal 7 End of Life resources page to review all of your options.Using Composer with Drupal
Composer can be used to add dependencies to a Drupal project. It can be used in the following ways.
Composer.json explained in relation to Drush Make
Learn how to use composer.json template in relation to Drush Make
Using Composer to Install Drupal and Manage Dependencies
Composer can be used to manage Drupal and all dependencies (modules, themes, libraries)
Add a composer.json file
A composer.json file can be added to your module to depend on non contributed projects.
Starting a Site Using Drupal Composer Project Templates
As of Drupal 8.8.0, Composer project templates are available as part of Drupal core.
Managing dependencies for a contributed project
Managing dependencies for a contributed project
Managing dependencies for a custom project
Managing dependencies for a custom project
Preparing your site for Composer 2
Plugins that need modification to be able to run with composer 2
Tricks for using Composer in local development
Provides a way to override a project sourced from Drupal.org with a local copy to make development faster.
Troubleshooting Composer
Troubleshooting Composer
Using Drupal's Composer Scaffold
Composer Scaffold lets you manage how Composer organizes files within your project.
Using packages.drupal.org
Using packages.drupal.org
Using packagist-signed.drupalcode.org
A partial mirror of Packagist.org with The Update Framework signing
Using the Drupal Lenient Composer Plugin
The Drupal Lenient Composer Plugin allows you to require projects that may not be explicitly compatible with the latest version of Drupal
