⚡ Package Managers in Germany

Package managers are tools that automate the installation, updating, and management of software dependencies in projects.

Germany is a Central European country with a population of around 84 million people.

According to our data, package manager technologies are used on 11.4% of websites from Germany.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top package manager technologies in Germany in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Composer, which dominates the market with a substantial 68% share.
It is followed by Npm with 32.8% and Bower with 8.7%.

Composer 68%
Npm 32.8%
Bower 8.7%
Yarn 0.01%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top technologies that are more popular in Germany than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

1. Composer ^(-1)

✨ Best Package Manager Technologies

Below is a more detailed list of 4 package manager technologies used on sites from Germany, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Composer An application-level dependency manager for PHP that lets developers declare, install, and update external libraries. FreeOpen source	68%
2	Npm San Francisco, California, United States A JavaScript package manager bundled with Node.js. Free$7+/month	32.8%
3	Bower A package manager for the web, optimized for front-end assets such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, fonts, and images. FreeOpen source	8.7%
4	Yarn An open-source JavaScript package manager originally developed by Facebook, designed as a fast alternative to Npm. FreeOpen source	0.01%

👉 See Also

🌎 Package Managers in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 225,538 websites from Germany.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.