Composer Patches

Composer Patches is a simple plugin that allows users to apply patches to their Composer dependencies. This package is part of the standard development workflow for many open source PHP CMS communities (notably, Drupal, TYPO3, Magento, and Yii).

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Announcing composer-patches 2.0.0

October 30, 2025

Composer Patches 2.0.0 brings Git-based patching, reproducible builds, and new APIs for easier, more reliable patch management.

October 30, 2025

Update on dependency patch resolution

February 13, 2024

I’ve found a new path forward with dependency patch resolution. A new beta release of Composer Patches is available with the functionality re-added.

February 13, 2024

Dependency patch resolution

July 1, 2023

An update on the dependency patch resolution functionality in Composer Patches 2.x, some burnout, and a bit about the future.

July 1, 2023

Seeking feedback on the dev version of Composer Patches

February 12, 2023

Composer Patches 2.0.0 is right around the corner. I need your feedback and testing to help work out any showstopping bugs.

February 12, 2023

Dane Powell is comaintaining composer-patches

December 17, 2022

Keeping Composer Patches maintained is important. Dane Powell now has commit access and has agreed to help with the project maintenance.