Say Thanks to the Libraries you Depend on

December 21, 2017 • Published by Ryan Weaver

If you're like me, you build apps that depend on a lot of great PHP libraries that are maintained by countless talented developers. That's amazing! The PHP community has come so far! And while I try my best to contribute back, it's tough to show appreciation for all these efforts.

Sometimes, I just want to send some 💖 and shout THANKS!

Say hello to Thanks: a Composer plugin to give thanks to your PHP dependencies in the form of a GitHub ⭐:

Composer thanks

This will star every PHP package you depend on as well as Composer and PHP. It was inspired by cargo-thanks.

Thanks is a tool for the entire PHP community: we hope everyone will use it to thank whatever libraries they use. For the largest projects, Thanks already sends stars to their main repository.

So if you love the libraries you depend on, share some thanks :)

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Comments

Axel Guckelsberger Certified said on Dec 21, 2017 at 10:06

Sweet, thanks for this innovation!

Thierry Goettelmann said on Dec 21, 2017 at 10:08

Really great idea :) Installed!

Patrik Karisch said on Dec 21, 2017 at 10:09

Shouldn't it be under the FriendsOfPhp organization if it's a tool for the whole php community?

Javier Eguiluz Certified said on Dec 21, 2017 at 10:32

@Patrik that could be an option, but I'd prefer that this command was added to Composer itself in its next version.

Lars Moelleken said on Dec 21, 2017 at 11:39

I like that idea :) ... and yes it where sweet if we had this native via Composer.

Innokenty said on Dec 21, 2017 at 12:10

Nice idea ;) gj

Xsanisty Dev said on Dec 21, 2017 at 12:53

should this installed globally? or per project?

jeremyFreeAgent — Jérémy Romey Certified said on Dec 21, 2017 at 13:27

I love it! Thanks Ryan! <3

jeremyFreeAgent — Jérémy Romey Certified said on Dec 21, 2017 at 13:31

And Thanks Nicolas!

Javier Eguiluz Certified said on Dec 21, 2017 at 13:57

#10

@Xsanisty Dev yes, you can install it globally if you prefer. It's explained in the README of the GitHub repo: https://github.com/symfony/thanks

Houssem Zitoun said on Dec 21, 2017 at 14:16

#11

Me too, I just want to send some 💖 and shout a big THANKSSS!

Ryan Weaver Certified said on Dec 21, 2017 at 15:44

#12

@Xsanisty Dev Install it per-project... it also comes automatically when you start a new Flex project :)

@Jérémy Romey Yea, you're right - the work was mostly done by Nicolas ;)

Dennis Fridrich said on Dec 21, 2017 at 19:35

#13

It's cool & sexy! 🙈

Tony133 said on Dec 21, 2017 at 20:41

#14

Fantastic!, thanks

Vazgen Manukyan said on Dec 22, 2017 at 07:11

#15

Great idea 😀

Sinan Gul said on Dec 22, 2017 at 13:41

#16

It's cool.

Nikolai Plath said on Dec 22, 2017 at 14:36

#17

Fantastic =;)

Suraj Kumar Shrestha said on Dec 22, 2017 at 18:58

#18

Great. I always star repo that I helps me in some way to show appreciation, even though i can't contribute in other way. Also, in most cases, more star means more popular and i want to help with that aspect too.

Smaine Milianni Certified said on Dec 26, 2017 at 07:20

#19

⭐️ For you Ryan ! Thanks

Bogdan Olteanu said on Jan 2, 2018 at 13:46

#20

Downloading and using it ! :-)