diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-amqp.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-amqp.yml
index 6c73bf203..35bce4d93 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-amqp.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-amqp.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ ext-amqp:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: amqp
+      type: pie
+      repo: php-amqp/php-amqp
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: PHP-3.01
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-apcu.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-apcu.yml
index 331b04f76..42e215408 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-apcu.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-apcu.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ ext-apcu:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: APCu
+      type: pie
+      repo: apcu/apcu
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: PHP-3.01
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-ast.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-ast.yml
index 776b82dff..201010f11 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-ast.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-ast.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ ext-ast:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: ast
+      type: pie
+      repo: nikic/php-ast
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: BSD-3-Clause
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-dio.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-dio.yml
index b445940c3..18201a795 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-dio.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-dio.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ ext-dio:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: dio
+      type: pie
+      repo: pecl/dio
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: PHP-3.01
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-ev.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-ev.yml
index 174e5f843..dea1a1fab 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-ev.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-ev.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ ext-ev:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: ev
+      type: pie
+      repo: osmanov/pecl-ev
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: PHP-3.01
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-excimer.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-excimer.yml
index a896fe0bd..81219610a 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-excimer.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-excimer.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ ext-excimer:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: excimer
+      type: ghtagtar
+      repo: wikimedia/mediawiki-php-excimer
+      extract: php-src/ext/excimer
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: PHP-3.01
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-gearman.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-gearman.yml
index 7699a344b..3a21204fa 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-gearman.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-gearman.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ ext-gearman:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: gearman
+      type: ghtar
+      repo: php/pecl-networking-gearman
+      extract: php-src/ext/gearman
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: PHP-3.01
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-grpc.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-grpc.yml
index ae63cad2b..72b4d3550 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-grpc.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-grpc.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ ext-grpc:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: grpc
+      type: pie
+      repo: grpc/grpc-php-ext
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: Apache-2.0
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-imagick.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-imagick.yml
index 89ddb341a..a2ae6abeb 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-imagick.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-imagick.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ ext-imagick:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: imagick
+      type: pie
+      repo: imagick/imagick
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: PHP-3.01
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-imap.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-imap.yml
index 3abcebb8b..52188ca77 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-imap.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-imap.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ ext-imap:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: imap
+      type: ghtagtar
+      repo: php/pecl-mail-imap
+      extract: php-src/ext/imap
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: PHP-3.01
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-inotify.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-inotify.yml
index d69847ee4..ee8ec8bb6 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-inotify.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-inotify.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ ext-inotify:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: inotify
+      type: pie
+      repo: arnaud-lb/inotify
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: PHP-3.01
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-memcache.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-memcache.yml
index 6e1f4385c..119299685 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-memcache.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-memcache.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ ext-memcache:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: memcache
+      type: ghtar
+      repo: websupport-sk/pecl-memcache
+      extract: php-src/ext/memcache
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: PHP-3.0
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-memcached.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-memcached.yml
index b320c6699..5f3eb81b3 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-memcached.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-memcached.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ ext-memcached:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: memcached
+      type: pie
+      repo: php-memcached/php-memcached
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: PHP-3.01
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-msgpack.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-msgpack.yml
index 8b230c31a..52e35edec 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-msgpack.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-msgpack.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ ext-msgpack:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: msgpack
+      type: pie
+      repo: msgpack/msgpack-php
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: BSD-3-Clause
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-mysqlnd_ed25519.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-mysqlnd_ed25519.yml
index e7aa3de89..f6f79977f 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-mysqlnd_ed25519.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-mysqlnd_ed25519.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ ext-mysqlnd_ed25519:
     source:
       type: pie
       repo: mariadb/mysqlnd_ed25519
-      extract: php-src/ext/mysqlnd_ed25519
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: BSD-3-Clause
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-mysqlnd_parsec.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-mysqlnd_parsec.yml
index 903d65c40..955058e7c 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-mysqlnd_parsec.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-mysqlnd_parsec.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ ext-mysqlnd_parsec:
     source:
       type: pie
       repo: mariadb/mysqlnd_parsec
-      extract: php-src/ext/mysqlnd_parsec
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: BSD-3-Clause
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-parallel.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-parallel.yml
index 94103f578..d9ed0b2fe 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-parallel.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-parallel.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ ext-parallel:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: parallel
+      type: pie
+      repo: pecl/parallel
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: PHP-3.01
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-pcov.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-pcov.yml
index 3fac61d08..59a5fbbed 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-pcov.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-pcov.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ ext-pcov:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: pcov
+      type: pie
+      repo: pecl/pcov
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: PHP-3.01
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-redis.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-redis.yml
index c05b4ee26..84f603e3f 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-redis.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-redis.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ ext-redis:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: redis
+      type: pie
+      repo: phpredis/phpredis
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: PHP-3.01
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-spx.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-spx.yml
index edf41f514..32f7a2e11 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-spx.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-spx.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ ext-spx:
     source:
       type: pie
       repo: noisebynorthwest/php-spx
-      extract: php-src/ext/spx
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: GPL-3.0-or-later
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-ssh2.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-ssh2.yml
index 14c9bf327..53b065be5 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-ssh2.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-ssh2.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ ext-ssh2:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: ssh2
+      type: ghtar
+      repo: php/pecl-networking-ssh2
+      extract: php-src/ext/ssh2
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: PHP-3.01
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-trader.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-trader.yml
index 03dcadc60..4ef8369fa 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-trader.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-trader.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ ext-trader:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: trader
+      type: ghtagtar
+      repo: php/pecl-math-trader
+      extract: php-src/ext/trader
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: BSD-2-Clause
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-uuid.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-uuid.yml
index 3d71aa8b4..e2e055310 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-uuid.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-uuid.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ ext-uuid:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: uuid
+      type: pie
+      repo: pecl/uuid
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: LGPL-2.1-only
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-uv.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-uv.yml
index 59d4a8c90..a974ed05e 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-uv.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-uv.yml
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ ext-uv:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: uv
-      prefer-stable: false
+      type: ghtagtar
+      repo: amphp/ext-uv
+      extract: php-src/ext/uv
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: PHP-3.01
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-xdebug.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-xdebug.yml
index 20c6b4600..43b8795ad 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-xdebug.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-xdebug.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ ext-xdebug:
     source:
       type: pie
       repo: xdebug/xdebug
+      extract: ext-xdebug
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: Xdebug-1.03
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-xhprof.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-xhprof.yml
index a554d8375..f88baec88 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-xhprof.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-xhprof.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ ext-xhprof:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: xhprof
+      type: ghtar
+      repo: longxinH/xhprof
       extract: php-src/ext/xhprof-src
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-yac.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-yac.yml
index e10bea064..9608cad6b 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-yac.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-yac.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ ext-yac:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: yac
+      type: ghtagtar
+      repo: laruence/yac
+      extract: php-src/ext/yac
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
       license: PHP-3.01
diff --git a/config/pkg/ext/ext-zip.yml b/config/pkg/ext/ext-zip.yml
index 3b164e38b..9b90e91c2 100644
--- a/config/pkg/ext/ext-zip.yml
+++ b/config/pkg/ext/ext-zip.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ ext-zip:
   type: php-extension
   artifact:
     source:
-      type: pecl
-      name: zip
+      type: pie
+      repo: pecl/zip
       extract: ext-zip
     metadata:
       license-files: [LICENSE]
diff --git a/src/StaticPHP/Artifact/Downloader/Type/PIE.php b/src/StaticPHP/Artifact/Downloader/Type/PIE.php
index 14996c5af..1dd1c1c0f 100644
--- a/src/StaticPHP/Artifact/Downloader/Type/PIE.php
+++ b/src/StaticPHP/Artifact/Downloader/Type/PIE.php
@@ -22,12 +22,13 @@ public function download(string $name, array $config, ArtifactDownloader $downlo
         if (!$dist_url || !$dist_type) {
             throw new DownloaderException("failed to find {$name} dist info from packagist");
         }
+        $extract = $config['extract'] ?? ('php-src/ext/' . strtolower(preg_replace('/^ext-/i', '', $name)));
         $name = str_replace('/', '_', $config['repo']);
         $version = $first['version'] ?? 'unknown';
         $filename = "{$name}-{$version}." . ($dist_type === 'zip' ? 'zip' : 'tar.gz');
         $path = DOWNLOAD_PATH . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . $filename;
         default_shell()->executeCurlDownload($dist_url, $path, retries: $downloader->getRetry());
-        return DownloadResult::archive($filename, $config, $config['extract'] ?? null, version: $version, downloader: static::class);
+        return DownloadResult::archive($filename, $config, $extract, version: $version, downloader: static::class);
     }
 
     public function checkUpdate(string $name, array $config, ?string $old_version, ArtifactDownloader $downloader): CheckUpdateResult
@@ -56,7 +57,23 @@ protected function fetchPackagistInfo(string $name, array $config, ArtifactDownl
         if (!isset($data['packages'][$config['repo']]) || !is_array($data['packages'][$config['repo']])) {
             throw new DownloaderException("failed to find {$name} repo info from packagist");
         }
-        $first = $data['packages'][$config['repo']][0] ?? [];
+        // p2 metadata is minified: each entry only carries fields changed vs the previous one, '__unset' removes a field
+        $releases = [];
+        $current = [];
+        foreach ($data['packages'][$config['repo']] as $release) {
+            $current = array_merge($current, $release);
+            $current = array_filter($current, static fn ($v) => $v !== '__unset');
+            $releases[] = $current;
+        }
+        // packagist lists newest first including RC/beta/alpha — pick the newest stable release
+        $first = null;
+        foreach ($releases as $release) {
+            if (!preg_match('/[._-]?(?:alpha|a|beta|b|rc)[._-]?\d*$/i', $release['version'] ?? '')) {
+                $first = $release;
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        $first ??= $releases[0] ?? [];
         if (!isset($first['php-ext'])) {
             throw new DownloaderException("failed to find {$name} php-ext info from packagist, maybe not a php extension package");
         }