# Composer registry: source is supported?

**URL:** <https://forum.gitea.com/t/composer-registry-source-is-supported/10351>\
**Category:** Gitea Usages\
**Created:** [December 31, 2024, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/composer-registry-source-is-supported/10351 "2024-12-31T12:59:21Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 31, 2024, 12:59pm UTC](https://forum.gitea.com/t/composer-registry-source-is-supported/10351/1 "2024-12-31T12:59:21Z")

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Is source (not only dist) in composer repository supported?  
On ‘composer show’ i get empty source, even though composer.json specifies preferred source for selected package.

composer.json

```auto
    "config": {
        "optimize-autoloader": true,
        "sort-packages": true,
        "preferred-install": {
            "ecommercebox/*": "source"
        }
    },

```

```auto
❯ composer show ecommercebox/sw-plugin-xxx
name : ecommercebox/sw-plugin-xxx
descrip. : xxx Shops API
keywords : 
versions : * 2.1.5
released : 2024-12-31, today
type : shopware-platform-plugin
license : proprietary
homepage : 
source : []  
dist : [zip] https://xxx.xxx/api/packages/shopware/composer/files/ecommercebox%2Fsw-plugin-xxx/2.1.5/ecommercebox-sw-plugin-xxx.2.1.5.zip 
path : /Users/lutek/www/xxx.local/vendor/ecommercebox/sw-plugin-xxx
names : ecommercebox/sw-plugin-xxx

```