⚡ Package Managers in the Netherlands

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

The Netherlands is a Western European country with a population of over 17.8 million people.

According to our data, package manager technologies are used on 11% of websites from the Netherlands.

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

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

The most popular is Composer with an impressive share of 57.6%, followed by Npm with 43.3% and Bower with 11.5%.

Composer 57.6%
Npm 43.3%
Bower 11.5%
Yarn 0.03%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top technologies that are more popular in the Netherlands 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 the Netherlands, 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	57.6%
2	Npm San Francisco, California, United States A JavaScript package manager bundled with Node.js. Free$7+/month	43.3%
3	Bower A package manager for the web, optimized for front-end assets such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, fonts, and images. FreeOpen source	11.5%
4	Yarn An open-source JavaScript package manager originally developed by Facebook, designed as a fast alternative to Npm. FreeOpen source	0.03%

👉 See Also

🌎 Package Managers in other countries

Data is based on the analysis of 95,839 websites from the Netherlands.
Statistics were last calculated on March 21, 2026.
For details, see our methodology and disclaimer.