# Packagist PHP package scraper (`mangudai/packagist-php-package-scraper`) Actor

Search and export PHP and Composer package data from Packagist. Get download counts, GitHub stars, dependents, maintainers, latest version, license and dependencies for any package. No login or API key.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/mangudai/packagist-php-package-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Mangudäi](https://apify.com/mangudai) (community)
- **Categories:** Developer tools, Automation, Open source
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.01 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/platform/actors/running/actors-in-store#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

Actors are web data automations that power AI and operations. They run on the Apify platform to scrape websites, process data, connect APIs, and automate workflows.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.
The best way to integrate Actors is as follows.

- **AI agents and MCP clients** — the [Apify MCP server](https://docs.apify.com/integrations/mcp.md) at `https://mcp.apify.com` (remote, streamable HTTP, OAuth on first use).
- **Agentic workflows and local Actor development** — [Agent Skills](https://apify.com/.well-known/agent-skills/index.json) with the [Apify CLI](https://docs.apify.com/cli/docs.md): `npm install -g apify-cli`, then `apify login`.
- **JavaScript/TypeScript projects** — the official [JS/TS client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md): `npm install apify-client`.
- **Python projects** — the official [Python client](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md): `pip install apify-client`.
- **Any other language** — the [REST API](https://docs.apify.com/api/v2.md).

For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

For more details, see Apify documentation as [Markdown index](https://docs.apify.com/llms.txt) and [Markdown full-text](https://docs.apify.com/llms-full.txt).

# README

## Packagist PHP package scraper

Pull structured data on any PHP package from [Packagist](https://packagist.org), the main Composer registry. Search by keyword, grab the most popular packages, or look up exact packages by name. Every result comes back as a clean row with download counts, GitHub stars, dependents, maintainers, the latest version, license and dependencies.

The actor reads the public Packagist API. No login, no API key, no proxy.

### What you can do with it

- Find packages in a niche and rank them by real usage (total, monthly and daily installs).
- Map an ecosystem: pull every `symfony-bundle` or `laravel` package with its stars, dependents and maintainers.
- Audit dependencies: fetch exact `vendor/name` packages and read their required PHP version, license and requires list.
- Spot abandoned packages and their suggested replacements before you adopt them.
- Build datasets for package discovery tools, dependency dashboards, or market research on the PHP ecosystem.

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `queries` | array | Keywords to search Packagist for, such as `laravel`, `pdf`, `logging`. |
| `packageNames` | array | Exact packages in `vendor/name` form, such as `monolog/monolog`. |
| `tags` | array | Optional Packagist tags to search, such as `orm`, `cache`. |
| `type` | string | Optional package type filter, such as `library`, `symfony-bundle`. |
| `includePopular` | boolean | Also add the most downloaded packages on Packagist. |
| `fetchDetails` | boolean | Fetch full metadata per package. On by default. |
| `maxItems` | integer | Maximum number of packages to return. Default 100. |

If you leave every discovery field empty, the actor returns the most popular packages so a run always has data.

#### Example input

```json
{
  "queries": ["laravel", "pdf"],
  "includePopular": false,
  "fetchDetails": true,
  "maxItems": 200
}
```

### Output

One row per package. Fields include:

`name`, `vendor`, `shortName`, `description`, `type`, `language`, `repository`, `packagistUrl`, `downloadsTotal`, `downloadsMonthly`, `downloadsDaily`, `favers`, `githubStars`, `githubForks`, `githubOpenIssues`, `dependents`, `suggesters`, `maintainers`, `latestVersion`, `latestVersionTime`, `license`, `requiresPhp`, `requires`, `keywords`, `homepage`, `authors`, `abandoned`, `abandonedReplacement`.

#### Example record

```json
{
  "name": "monolog/monolog",
  "vendor": "monolog",
  "description": "Sends your logs to files, sockets, inboxes, databases and various web services",
  "repository": "https://github.com/Seldaek/monolog",
  "downloadsTotal": 1028928538,
  "downloadsMonthly": 16637321,
  "githubStars": 21395,
  "dependents": 8404,
  "latestVersion": "3.9.0",
  "license": "MIT",
  "requiresPhp": ">=8.1",
  "maintainers": ["Seldaek"]
}
```

### Notes

Data comes from the public Packagist API and reflects what the registry publishes. Download counts, stars and dependents update as Packagist updates them. The actor paginates search results, retries transient errors, and caps output at `maxItems`.

# Actor input Schema

## `queries` (type: `array`):

Keywords to search Packagist for, for example "laravel", "pdf" or "logging". Each query returns its matching packages.

## `packageNames` (type: `array`):

Exact package names in vendor/name form, for example "monolog/monolog", to fetch directly.

## `tags` (type: `array`):

Optional Packagist tags to search, for example "orm" or "cache".

## `type` (type: `string`):

Optional package type filter, for example library, symfony-bundle or composer-plugin.

## `includePopular` (type: `boolean`):

Also add the most downloaded packages on Packagist to the results.

## `fetchDetails` (type: `boolean`):

For each package, fetch full metadata: download stats, GitHub stars, maintainers, dependents, latest version, license and dependencies.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of packages to return.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "queries": [
    "laravel"
  ],
  "includePopular": false,
  "fetchDetails": true,
  "maxItems": 100
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "queries": [
        "laravel"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("mangudai/packagist-php-package-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "queries": ["laravel"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("mangudai/packagist-php-package-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print("💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/" + run["defaultDatasetId"])
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "queries": [
    "laravel"
  ]
}' |
apify call mangudai/packagist-php-package-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "command": "npx",
            "args": [
                "mcp-remote",
                "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=mangudai/packagist-php-package-scraper",
                "--header",
                "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
            ]
        }
    }
}

```

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/Qhgpd9UHCJxXI0Gze/builds/2FMjlcWbScOJevGG6/openapi.json