# hirak/prestissimo

composer parallel install plugin

Repository: https://github.com/hirak/prestissimo
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/prestissimo
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2022-12-03T08:11:28+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3929, "days_push": 1369, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 6118, forks 167 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:36.117501+00:00)

## What it is
A Composer 1.x plugin that downloads PHP packages in parallel using curl to dramatically speed up dependency installation. It is now obsolete since Composer 2 includes native parallel downloads.

## Use cases
- speed up composer install
- parallel package downloads for composer 1
- reduce laravel project install time
- faster php dependency installation
- composer create-project too slow

## When to choose
- you are stuck on Composer 1.x and cannot upgrade
- legacy PHP projects still using Composer 1

## When to avoid
- you use Composer 2 or newer, which is already fast
- starting a new PHP project
- you need actively maintained tooling

## Facets
- artifact type: plugin
- maturity: maintenance
- function: package-manager, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: php, cli, cross-platform
- tags: composer-plugin, parallel-downloads, php-dependencies, build-performance, obsolete-with-composer-2, command-line, php

## Member repositories
- hirak/prestissimo (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:36.117501+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:48:00.577127+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/hirak/prestissimo (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:36.117501+00:00, sha 921eaf72843e)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.