Available commands:¶

about

Shows the short information about Composer.

archive

Creates an archive of this composer package.

browse

[home] Opens the package's repository URL or homepage in your browser.

check-platform-reqs

Check that platform requirements are satisfied.

clear-cache

[clearcache] Clears composer's internal package cache.

config

Sets config options.

create-project

Creates new project from a package into given directory.

depends

[why] Shows which packages cause the given package to be installed.

diagnose

Diagnoses the system to identify common errors.

dump-autoload

[dumpautoload] Dumps the autoloader.

exec

Executes a vendored binary/script.

global

Allows running commands in the global composer dir ($COMPOSER_HOME).

help

Displays help for a command

init

Creates a basic composer.json file in current directory.

install

[i] Installs the project dependencies from the composer.lock file if present, or falls back on the composer.json.

licenses

Shows information about licenses of dependencies.

list

Lists commands

outdated

Shows a list of installed packages that have updates available, including their latest version.

prohibits

[why-not] Shows which packages prevent the given package from being installed.

remove

Removes a package from the require or require-dev.

require

Adds required packages to your composer.json and installs them.

run-script

Runs the scripts defined in composer.json.

search

Searches for packages.

show

[info] Shows information about packages.

status

Shows a list of locally modified packages, for packages installed from source.

suggests

Shows package suggestions.

update

[u|upgrade] Upgrades your dependencies to the latest version according to composer.json, and updates the composer.lock file.

validate

Validates a composer.json and composer.lock.