Steven Rombauts - Private Packagist

Restricting Composer plugins across your organization

This is the next post in our supply chain security series, following the supply chain security update, the Composer 2.10 release, closing Composer's download fallback paths, blocking malware downloads for every Composer version, and enforcing a safe Composer version across your organization. Composer plugins are a powerful

changelog

What’s New in Private Packagist, November 2025 Update

We've shipped several important updates to Private Packagist over the past three months, including more insights on the package usage tracking page, the introduction of Trusted Publishing for secure artifact deployment, and enhanced security and audit controls. Here are the highlights from our latest round of product improvements.

opensource

Strengthening PHP Supply Chain Security with a Transparency Log for Packagist.org

The release of Composer 2.9 this week introduced new security features on the Composer CLI client, which were funded by Private Packagist through service subscriptions. But in parallel, we are working on security on the main PHP package repository at Packagist.org with additional funding from the Sovereign Tech

Private Packagist

Bitbucket deprecated App Passwords

Bitbucket announced that they deprecated app passwords in favor of their new API token system. This change affects organizations using Private Packagist with Bitbucket Cloud (bitbucket.org) workspace synchronizations. Bitbucket app passwords will stop working entirely on June 9th, 2026. Bitbucket's app passwords provided limited functionality and security

changelog

What’s New in Private Packagist, August 2025 Update

We've been busy improving Private Packagist over the past few months with a focus on package discovery, user experience improvements, and improved security monitoring tools. Here are the most significant updates that will make your daily workflow smoother and more secure. Better Package Discovery and Management We'

Private Packagist

Working with Amasty's new Project-Based Access Keys

Amasty recently announced that starting January 1, 2026, they will be discontinuing global Composer access keys generated in the "Products" tab of customer accounts. Instead, they're moving to project-specific access keys that provide better security and cleaner dependency management by tying Composer access directly to

composer

Packagist.org shutdown of Composer 1.x support postponed to September 1st, 2025

With the deadline drawing near, we’d like to remind you that we are discontinuing Composer 1.x support on Packagist.org soon. We're extending our original timeline by one month to give teams additional preparation time to migrate. Composer 1.x metadata access will now shut down

changelog

What’s New in Private Packagist, February 2025 Update

While we’re also putting the final touches on Conductor, our team has shipped regular updates and improvements to Private Packagist. We’ll share some significant changes we've made to Private Packagist over the past few months. Support for PIE We've introduced support for php-ext

security

Discover Security Advisories with Composer’s audit command

Did you know that October is Cyber Security Awareness month, and that this year already marks its 21st anniversary? This collaborative effort between government and industry aims to raise awareness of online risks and to share important safety tips. These campaigns focus on basic best practices, such as protecting your