The latest articles on Forem by Maarten Bode (@maartenbode). https://forem.com/maartenbode https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3804640%2Fda25a56b-b194-4872-a4fc-e67a5f9c2875.jpeg https://forem.com/maartenbode en Maarten Bode Tue, 03 Mar 2026 21:21:44 +0000 https://forem.com/maartenbode/pricore-an-open-source-private-composer-registry-now-in-public-beta-4ggj https://forem.com/maartenbode/pricore-an-open-source-private-composer-registry-now-in-public-beta-4ggj <p>Pricore is a self-hosted private Composer registry for PHP teams. Built with Laravel, Apache 2.0 licensed, and now in public beta.</p> <p>The problem it solves: managing private packages with VCS repositories in composer.json is slow, Satis requires manual rebuilds, and SaaS options get expensive. Pricore gives you a full Composer v2 registry on your own servers.</p> <p>What it does:</p> <ul> <li>Mirrors GitHub/GitLab repos and serves them to Composer</li> <li>Webhook-driven updates, no manual rebuilds</li> <li>Token-based auth</li> <li>Web dashboard for packages, downloads, and activity</li> <li>Full Composer v2 metadata-url support</li> <li>Up and running in about 60 seconds with Docker.</li> </ul> <p>GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/pricorephp/pricore" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/pricorephp/pricore</a></p> <p>Blog post: <a href="https://pricore.dev/blog/introducing-pricore" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://pricore.dev/blog/introducing-pricore</a></p> <p>Feedback and questions welcome.</p> php webdev laravel