Comparison

Composer/Packagist vs Poetry

No clear leader: Composer/Packagist (62.6) and Poetry (58.9) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Composer/Packagist63
Poetry59
Score
vioscaleAI score
Composer/Packagist63 / 100medium · 50%
Poetry59 / 100high · 77%
Pricing
Free tier
Composer/Packagist✓
Poetry✓
Model
Composer/Packagistopen_source
Price level
Composer/Packagistfree
Poetryfree
Transparent
Composer/Packagist✓
Poetry✓
Integrations
Count
Composer/Packagist4
Poetry1
Reliability
Status page
Composer/Packagist✓
Poetry✓
Adoption
Dependent repos
Composer/Packagist35,414
Poetry1,968
Github stars
Composer/Packagist29,550
Poetry34,312
Package downloads weekly
Composer/Packagist–
Activity
Commits last 30d
Composer/Packagist51
Poetry28
Release
Cadence days
Composer/Packagist6
Poetry14
History
Composer/Packagist20 items
Poetry20 items
License
Spdx
Composer/PackagistMIT
PoetryMIT
Language
Primary
Composer/PackagistPHP
PoetryPython
Content
Faq
Composer/Packagist6 items
Poetry5 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for package registries. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Core
Role
Composer/PackagistPublic registry
PoetryPackage manager client
Ecosystem
Ecosystem / language
Composer/PackagistPHP
PoetryPython
Deployment
Deployment
Composer/PackagistBoth
PoetryCLI-local
Formats
Package formats supported
Composer/PackagistSingle ecosystem
PoetryMany formats
Hosting
Private / scoped packages
Composer/Packagist✓
Poetry✓
Upstream proxy / caching
Composer/Packagist✓
Poetry-
Resolution
Lockfile / deterministic installs
Composer/Packagist✓
Poetry✓
Workspaces / monorepo
Composer/Packagist✓
Poetry-
Content-addressable store
Composer/Packagist-
Poetry-
Supply chain
Supply-chain integrity
Composer/Packagist✓
Poetry-
Vulnerability / licence scanning
Composer/Packagist✓
Poetry-
Licensing
Openness
Composer/PackagistOpen-source
PoetryOpen-source
Pricing
Pricing model
Composer/PackagistFree / OSS
PoetryFree / OSS

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Composer/Packagist

Composer is a PHP dependency management tool that uses a centralized package repository (Packagist.org) to discover and install project dependencies. It supports version control integration, security scanning, and both public and private package repositories.

Independently observed

Poetry

A tool for declaring, managing, and installing Python dependencies while supporting both package development and distribution through source distributions and wheels.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Composer/Packagist

Open source
as of verify ↗

Poetry

Free
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
CLI
Composer/Packagist✓
Poetry✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Composer/Packagist✓
Poetry✗
Self-hosted
Composer/Packagist✓
Poetry✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Composer/Packagist

4 total
  • GitHub
  • Git
  • Subversion
  • Mercurial
Independently observed

Poetry

1 total
  • PyPI
Independently observed
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Composer/Packagist or Poetry: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

Free to run, no account needed to start. How the evaluation works

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.