How to list your website on Packagist
Package page on Packagist, the main Composer repository for PHP, with a Homepage link to your site.
- Link
- Nofollow link
- Cost
- Free
- Effort
- Moderate
- Reach (our estimate)
- Established
- Region
- Worldwide
- When
- Weeks 2 and 3
Short answer
Packagist is free to join, and the link is nofollow, so its value is visitors and trust rather than ranking. To get listed, add a composer.json with a homepage field to the public repo and run composer validate; it takes about an hour.
How to get listed on Packagist
- Step 1: Add a composer.json with a homepage field to the public repo and run composer validate.
- Step 2: Log in or register on Packagist (GitHub login works).
- Step 3: Open Submit, paste the public repository URL and confirm the vendor/package name.
- Step 4: Tag a release and enable the GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket hook to pick up updates on push.
You need
Public Git repository with a real, installable PHP package and a valid composer.json.
Good to know
Package page links, including Homepage, carry nofollow and ugc. The vendor/package name cannot be changed later, so only submit a PHP package you actually ship.
Have these ready before you start
- Business or product name, written the same way everywhere
- Website address (the exact page you want linked)
- A 50-word and a 150-word description
- Logo, plus two or three screenshots or photos
- Contact email, and address and phone for a local business
At a glance
- Website
- packagist.org
- Category
- Developer communities
- Reach (our estimate)
- Established
- When to do it
- Weeks 2 and 3
- Position
- 25 of 28 in Developer communities
About the link
The link carries rel="nofollow": it brings visitors and trust signals, little ranking value.
Best for
- Developers
- SaaS
On these lists
Questions about Packagist
Are Packagist links dofollow?
No. Packagist marks its links rel="nofollow", so they pass little ranking value. They still bring visitors and help show your business is real.
Is Packagist free?
Yes. Listing on Packagist is free.
How much work does a listing on Packagist take?
A full profile with screenshots or a verification step: about an hour. How long approval takes is up to Packagist: many sites review a listing before it goes live.
Plan it, then tick it off.
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