phpstan/extension-installer

Composer plugin for automatic installation of PHPStan extensions.

PHP

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151 commits

updated Oct 15, 2026

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README

PHPStan Extension Installer

Build Latest Stable Version License

Composer plugin for automatic installation of PHPStan extensions.

Motivation

diff --git a/phpstan.neon b/phpstan.neon
index db4e3df32e..2ca30fa20a 100644
--- a/phpstan.neon
+++ b/phpstan.neon
@@ -1,12 +1,3 @@
-includes:
-	- vendor/phpstan/phpstan-doctrine/extension.neon
-	- vendor/phpstan/phpstan-doctrine/rules.neon
-	- vendor/phpstan/phpstan-nette/extension.neon
-	- vendor/phpstan/phpstan-nette/rules.neon
-	- vendor/phpstan/phpstan-phpunit/extension.neon
-	- vendor/phpstan/phpstan-phpunit/rules.neon
-	- vendor/phpstan/phpstan-strict-rules/rules.neon
-
 parameters:
 	autoload_directories:
 		- %rootDir%/../../../build/SlevomatSniffs
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 1b578dd624..f6ebf6e477 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@
 		"jakub-onderka/php-parallel-lint": "1.0.0",
 		"justinrainbow/json-schema": "5.2.8",
 		"ondrejmirtes/mocktainer": "0.8",
+		"phpstan/extension-installer": "^1.0",
 		"phpstan/phpstan": "^0.11.7",
 		"phpstan/phpstan-doctrine": "^0.11.3",
 		"phpstan/phpstan-nette": "^0.11.1",

Usage

composer require --dev phpstan/extension-installer

Starting from Composer 2.2.0 you'll get the following question:

phpstan/extension-installer contains a Composer plugin which is currently not in your allow-plugins config. See https://getcomposer.org/allow-plugins
Do you trust "phpstan/extension-installer" to execute code and wish to enable it now? (writes "allow-plugins" to composer.json) [y,n,d,?]

Answer with y to allow the plugin.

Instructions for extension developers

It's best (but optional) to set the extension's composer package type to phpstan-extension for this plugin to be able to recognize it and to be discoverable on Packagist.

Add phpstan key in the extension composer.json's extra section:

{
  "extra": {
    "phpstan": {
      "includes": [
        "extension.neon"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Console output

After each composer install or composer update, the plugin reports per-package status when the configuration changes:

  • installed — the extension was successfully registered.
  • not supported — a package has phpstan in its name but is not configured as a PHPStan extension (missing the phpstan-extension type and extra.phpstan key). This may indicate the package requires manual includes configuration.
  • ignored — the extension was skipped due to the ignore list (see below).

Ignoring a particular extension

You may want to disable auto-installation of a particular extension to handle installation manually. Ignore an extension by adding an extra.phpstan/extension-installer.ignore array in composer.json that specifies a list of packages to ignore:

{
  "extra": {
    "phpstan/extension-installer": {
      "ignore": [
        "phpstan/phpstan-phpunit"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Limitations

The extension installer depends on Composer script events, therefore you cannot use --no-scripts flag.

phpstan
phpstan-extension

phpstan/extension-installer

Composer plugin for automatic installation of PHPStan extensions.

PHP

516

151 commits

updated Oct 15, 2026

See the code

README

PHPStan Extension Installer

Build Latest Stable Version License

Composer plugin for automatic installation of PHPStan extensions.

Motivation

diff --git a/phpstan.neon b/phpstan.neon
index db4e3df32e..2ca30fa20a 100644
--- a/phpstan.neon
+++ b/phpstan.neon
@@ -1,12 +1,3 @@
-includes:
-	- vendor/phpstan/phpstan-doctrine/extension.neon
-	- vendor/phpstan/phpstan-doctrine/rules.neon
-	- vendor/phpstan/phpstan-nette/extension.neon
-	- vendor/phpstan/phpstan-nette/rules.neon
-	- vendor/phpstan/phpstan-phpunit/extension.neon
-	- vendor/phpstan/phpstan-phpunit/rules.neon
-	- vendor/phpstan/phpstan-strict-rules/rules.neon
-
 parameters:
 	autoload_directories:
 		- %rootDir%/../../../build/SlevomatSniffs
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index 1b578dd624..f6ebf6e477 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@
 		"jakub-onderka/php-parallel-lint": "1.0.0",
 		"justinrainbow/json-schema": "5.2.8",
 		"ondrejmirtes/mocktainer": "0.8",
+		"phpstan/extension-installer": "^1.0",
 		"phpstan/phpstan": "^0.11.7",
 		"phpstan/phpstan-doctrine": "^0.11.3",
 		"phpstan/phpstan-nette": "^0.11.1",

Usage

composer require --dev phpstan/extension-installer

Starting from Composer 2.2.0 you'll get the following question:

phpstan/extension-installer contains a Composer plugin which is currently not in your allow-plugins config. See https://getcomposer.org/allow-plugins
Do you trust "phpstan/extension-installer" to execute code and wish to enable it now? (writes "allow-plugins" to composer.json) [y,n,d,?]

Answer with y to allow the plugin.

Instructions for extension developers

It's best (but optional) to set the extension's composer package type to phpstan-extension for this plugin to be able to recognize it and to be discoverable on Packagist.

Add phpstan key in the extension composer.json's extra section:

{
  "extra": {
    "phpstan": {
      "includes": [
        "extension.neon"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Console output

After each composer install or composer update, the plugin reports per-package status when the configuration changes:

  • installed — the extension was successfully registered.
  • not supported — a package has phpstan in its name but is not configured as a PHPStan extension (missing the phpstan-extension type and extra.phpstan key). This may indicate the package requires manual includes configuration.
  • ignored — the extension was skipped due to the ignore list (see below).

Ignoring a particular extension

You may want to disable auto-installation of a particular extension to handle installation manually. Ignore an extension by adding an extra.phpstan/extension-installer.ignore array in composer.json that specifies a list of packages to ignore:

{
  "extra": {
    "phpstan/extension-installer": {
      "ignore": [
        "phpstan/phpstan-phpunit"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Limitations

The extension installer depends on Composer script events, therefore you cannot use --no-scripts flag.

phpstan
phpstan-extension

Significant stargazers

Oskar Stark

327 followers · starred Nov 2019

Luís Cobucci

1,127 followers · starred May 2019

Tom Herrmann

389 followers · starred Apr 2026

Kyle

395 followers · starred Sep 2020