Free hosting for
free Magento modules,
quality you can prove.
Host your free packages on the same Composer V2 endpoint that powers the paid catalog. Automated quality checks publish their results as visible badges on your listing. Merchants discover your work through the registry, not only through GitHub stars.
# merchants install your free # module the same way they install paid composer require your-vendor/your-module # no zip downloads, no git submodules, # updates flow through composer update
Four automated checks on every release
- Code style
- PHPCS
- Static analysis
- PHPStan
- Security audit
- composer audit
- Duplication
- copy-paste
Results land on the release page within minutes of the tag push. A green badge on a free module is the trust signal merchants would otherwise have to assess by hand. See quality and review for the per-tool detail.
What you get, at no cost
Free Composer endpoint
Composer V2 endpoint with caching. Versioned downloads for every tag you push. Audit trail for every release. Buyers install as fast as they would from Packagist.
Discovery via the registry
Clean URLs at packagento.com/your-vendor/your-package. Categorisation, tags, compatibility filters built on the metadata you already declare in composer.json.
Quality badges, public
Each release shows pass or fail for the four automated checks. Merchants filter the registry by quality before clicking into a listing, so good code wins.
Verified vendor signal
Your Packagento listing links to the GitHub org or user that owns the source. Merchants see the provenance signal without having to chase repository URLs through layers of forks.
Composer install for buyers
No zip downloads, no clone-and-symlink, no git submodule. Free Packagento packages install with composer require, the same one-liner used for paid modules.
Optional path to paid
Free is free, but the door to monetisation is on the same hinges. Switch a release line to paid later without losing the existing free version or its installed base.
What we ask in return
A one-time package review
When you add the package: do you own the repository, is the licence clear, does the metadata read coherently. Most reviews clear within a few business days.
Conventional composer.json
Follow the conventions every other Packagist package follows. No new format to learn, no proprietary fields.
Tags drive releases
Push a semver tag, the automated checks run. There is no manual review per release, no portal flow, no zip upload.
Your public vendor profile
Every approved publisher (free or paid) gets a public profile page at packagento.com/{your-slug}. Display name, bio, homepage, repository, documentation, every package you maintain, the verified-vendor badge once your GitHub or GitLab org is linked back. Search engines index it; merchants land on it from the browse surface. See the vendor public profile docs.
- Profile and package pages are indexable and link-friendly. Buyers who would never search Packagist still find your work through a category search.
- Verified-vendor badge maps your slug to your GitHub or GitLab org. Identity signal without you having to write a README about it.
- All your packages on one page. New visitors arriving for one module see the rest of the catalogue without leaving.
Activity feed for your packages
Vendor activity at packagento.com/vendor/activity shows every release, install token issued, and quality check outcome in one timeline. Free packages get the same instrumentation as paid: you see who is installing your module and how often, even though no money is changing hands. See the activity feed docs for the row format.
- Release events show the tag pushed, the QA results, and how many installs landed on it. Easy to spot when an old tag still has traction.
- Install events tell you which projects activated which versions. Bug reports become easier to triangulate against version share.
- When you switch a release line to paid later, the same feed shows you the buyer events on the new versions. Same dashboard, the model under it changed.
Publish your free module.
Apply once, connect your Git provider, push a tag. Free hosting, automated quality, real merchant discovery.