diff --git a/scripts/generate-composer-based-trigger-packages.php b/scripts/generate-composer-based-trigger-packages.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..986a9f59c25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/generate-composer-based-trigger-packages.php
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+use Rector\Config\RectorConfig;
+use Rector\Configuration\Option;
+use Rector\Configuration\Parameter\SimpleParameterProvider;
+use Rector\Doctrine\Set\DoctrineSetList;
+use Rector\PHPUnit\Set\PHPUnitSetList;
+use Rector\Symfony\Set\SymfonySetList;
+use Rector\Symfony\Set\TwigSetList;
+use Rector\VersionBonding\Contract\ComposerPackageConstraintInterface;
+use Rector\VersionBonding\ValueObject\ComposerBoundRuleConfiguration;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Input\ArrayInput;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Output\ConsoleOutput;
+use Symfony\Component\Console\Style\SymfonyStyle;
+
+require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
+
+// regenerates src/Configuration/ComposerBasedTriggerPackages.php from the packages the composer-based sets are bound to
+$composerBasedSetFiles = [
+    'twig' => TwigSetList::COMPOSER_BASED,
+    'doctrine' => DoctrineSetList::COMPOSER_BASED,
+    'phpunit' => PHPUnitSetList::COMPOSER_BASED,
+    'symfony' => SymfonySetList::COMPOSER_BASED,
+];
+
+// rector-laravel and drupal-rector are not required here, so their sets cannot be read
+$extensionTriggerPackages = [
+    'laravel' => ['laravel/framework', 'illuminate/support'],
+    'drupal' => ['drupal/core'],
+];
+
+$triggerPackages = [];
+
+foreach ($composerBasedSetFiles as $argumentName => $composerBasedSetFile) {
+    // the parameter provider is static, start each set from scratch
+    SimpleParameterProvider::setParameter(Option::COMPOSER_BOUND_RULE_CONFIGURATIONS, []);
+
+    $rectorConfig = new RectorConfig();
+
+    /** @var callable $configCallable */
+    $configCallable = require $composerBasedSetFile;
+    $configCallable($rectorConfig);
+
+    $rectorClasses = array_merge(
+        $rectorConfig->getMainRectorClasses(),
+        array_keys($rectorConfig->getRuleConfigurations())
+    );
+
+    $packageNames = [];
+
+    foreach (array_unique($rectorClasses) as $rectorClass) {
+        // the package constraint does not depend on constructor dependencies, skip them
+        $rector = new ReflectionClass($rectorClass)->newInstanceWithoutConstructor();
+        if (! $rector instanceof ComposerPackageConstraintInterface) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        $composerPackageConstraint = $rector->provideComposerPackageConstraint();
+        $composerPackageConstraints = is_array($composerPackageConstraint)
+            ? $composerPackageConstraint
+            : [$composerPackageConstraint];
+
+        foreach ($composerPackageConstraints as $composerPackageConstraint) {
+            $packageNames[] = $composerPackageConstraint->getPackageName();
+        }
+    }
+
+    // rule configurations registered via ruleWithConfigurationComposerVersionBound(), the inactive ones included
+    $composerBoundRuleConfigurations = SimpleParameterProvider::provideArrayParameter(
+        Option::COMPOSER_BOUND_RULE_CONFIGURATIONS
+    );
+
+    foreach ($composerBoundRuleConfigurations as $composerBoundRuleConfiguration) {
+        if ($composerBoundRuleConfiguration instanceof ComposerBoundRuleConfiguration) {
+            $packageNames[] = $composerBoundRuleConfiguration->getPackageName();
+        }
+    }
+
+    $packageNames = array_values(array_unique($packageNames));
+    sort($packageNames);
+
+    $triggerPackages[$argumentName] = $packageNames;
+}
+
+$triggerPackages = array_merge($triggerPackages, $extensionTriggerPackages);
+
+$printedTriggerPackages = '';
+foreach ($triggerPackages as $argumentName => $packageNames) {
+    $printedTriggerPackages .= sprintf("        '%s' => [\n", $argumentName);
+
+    foreach ($packageNames as $packageName) {
+        $printedTriggerPackages .= sprintf("            '%s',\n", $packageName);
+    }
+
+    $printedTriggerPackages .= "        ],\n";
+}
+
+$fileContents = <<<PHP
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Rector\Configuration;
+
+/**
+ * Generated by "php scripts/generate-composer-based-trigger-packages.php", do not edit manually
+ */
+final class ComposerBasedTriggerPackages
+{
+    /**
+     * Any of these installed packages loads the composer-based set of withComposerBased() argument
+     *
+     * @var array<string, string[]>
+     */
+    public const array PACKAGES_BY_ARGUMENT = [
+{$printedTriggerPackages}    ];
+}
+
+PHP;
+
+$targetFilePath = __DIR__ . '/../src/Configuration/ComposerBasedTriggerPackages.php';
+file_put_contents($targetFilePath, $fileContents);
+
+$symfonyStyle = new SymfonyStyle(new ArrayInput([]), new ConsoleOutput());
+
+foreach ($triggerPackages as $argumentName => $packageNames) {
+    $symfonyStyle->writeln(sprintf('<fg=green>%s</>: %d packages', $argumentName, count($packageNames)));
+}
+
+$symfonyStyle->success(sprintf('File "%s" was generated', realpath($targetFilePath)));
diff --git a/src/Configuration/ComposerBasedTriggerPackages.php b/src/Configuration/ComposerBasedTriggerPackages.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ae1c4e57ff7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Configuration/ComposerBasedTriggerPackages.php
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Rector\Configuration;
+
+/**
+ * Generated by "php scripts/generate-composer-based-trigger-packages.php", do not edit manually
+ */
+final class ComposerBasedTriggerPackages
+{
+    /**
+     * Any of these installed packages loads the composer-based set of withComposerBased() argument
+     *
+     * @var array<string, string[]>
+     */
+    public const array PACKAGES_BY_ARGUMENT = [
+        'twig' => [
+            'twig/twig',
+        ],
+        'doctrine' => [
+            'doctrine/collections',
+            'doctrine/common',
+            'doctrine/data-fixtures',
+            'doctrine/dbal',
+            'doctrine/doctrine-bundle',
+            'doctrine/mongodb-odm',
+            'doctrine/mongodb-odm-bundle',
+            'doctrine/orm',
+            'gedmo/doctrine-extensions',
+        ],
+        'phpunit' => [
+            'phpunit/phpunit',
+        ],
+        'symfony' => [
+            'jms/serializer',
+            'symfony/bridge-swift-mailer',
+            'symfony/browser-kit',
+            'symfony/cache',
+            'symfony/class-loader',
+            'symfony/config',
+            'symfony/console',
+            'symfony/contracts',
+            'symfony/debug',
+            'symfony/dependency-injection',
+            'symfony/doctrine-bridge',
+            'symfony/dom-crawler',
+            'symfony/error-handler',
+            'symfony/event-dispatcher',
+            'symfony/expression-language',
+            'symfony/filesystem',
+            'symfony/finder',
+            'symfony/form',
+            'symfony/framework-bundle',
+            'symfony/http-client',
+            'symfony/http-foundation',
+            'symfony/http-kernel',
+            'symfony/inflector',
+            'symfony/intl',
+            'symfony/json-streamer',
+            'symfony/mail-pace-mailer',
+            'symfony/mailer',
+            'symfony/messenger',
+            'symfony/mime',
+            'symfony/monolog-bridge',
+            'symfony/notifier',
+            'symfony/options-resolver',
+            'symfony/process',
+            'symfony/property-access',
+            'symfony/property-info',
+            'symfony/routing',
+            'symfony/scheduler',
+            'symfony/security',
+            'symfony/security-bundle',
+            'symfony/security-core',
+            'symfony/security-http',
+            'symfony/security-mailer',
+            'symfony/serializer',
+            'symfony/symfony',
+            'symfony/templating',
+            'symfony/translation',
+            'symfony/translation-contracts',
+            'symfony/twig-bridge',
+            'symfony/twig-bundle',
+            'symfony/type-info',
+            'symfony/uid',
+            'symfony/validator',
+            'symfony/var-dumper',
+            'symfony/web-link',
+            'symfony/workflow',
+            'symfony/yaml',
+            'twig/twig',
+        ],
+        'laravel' => [
+            'laravel/framework',
+            'illuminate/support',
+        ],
+        'drupal' => [
+            'drupal/core',
+        ],
+    ];
+}
diff --git a/src/Configuration/RectorConfigBuilder.php b/src/Configuration/RectorConfigBuilder.php
index 622a72fc529..6de1e3de3ef 100644
--- a/src/Configuration/RectorConfigBuilder.php
+++ b/src/Configuration/RectorConfigBuilder.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 use PhpParser\NodeVisitor;
 use Rector\Bridge\SetRectorsResolver;
 use Rector\Caching\Contract\ValueObject\Storage\CacheStorageInterface;
+use Rector\Composer\InstalledPackageResolver;
 use Rector\Config\Level\CodeQualityLevel;
 use Rector\Config\Level\CodingStyleLevel;
 use Rector\Config\Level\DeadCodeLevel;
@@ -704,6 +705,10 @@ public function withPreparedSets(
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Call it with no argument to load the sets of every package installed in the project.
+     * Any argument switches the detection off, and only the passed sets are loaded.
+     */
     public function withComposerBased(
         bool $twig = false,
         bool $doctrine = false,
@@ -713,6 +718,10 @@ public function withComposerBased(
         bool $laravel = false,
         bool $drupal = false,
     ): self {
+        if (func_num_args() === 0) {
+            return $this->withComposerBased(...$this->resolveInstalledComposerBasedPackages());
+        }
+
         if ($laravel && class_exists('RectorLaravel\Set\LaravelSetList') && constant('RectorLaravel\Set\LaravelSetList::COMPOSER_BASED')) {
             $this->sets[] = LaravelSetList::COMPOSER_BASED;
         }
@@ -1219,4 +1228,26 @@ private function addLevelRules(
 
         return $this;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @return array<string, bool> withComposerBased() argument name => is any of its packages installed
+     */
+    private function resolveInstalledComposerBasedPackages(): array
+    {
+        $installedPackageResolver = new InstalledPackageResolver();
+
+        $installedPackages = [];
+        foreach (ComposerBasedTriggerPackages::PACKAGES_BY_ARGUMENT as $argumentName => $packageNames) {
+            $installedPackages[$argumentName] = false;
+
+            foreach ($packageNames as $packageName) {
+                if ($installedPackageResolver->resolvePackageVersion($packageName) !== null) {
+                    $installedPackages[$argumentName] = true;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $installedPackages;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Configuration/ComposerBasedAutoDetectTest.php b/tests/Configuration/ComposerBasedAutoDetectTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5b58a87e762
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Configuration/ComposerBasedAutoDetectTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace Rector\Tests\Configuration;
+
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Rector\Configuration\ComposerBasedTriggerPackages;
+use Rector\Configuration\RectorConfigBuilder;
+use Rector\Doctrine\Set\DoctrineSetList;
+use Rector\PHPUnit\Set\PHPUnitSetList;
+use Rector\Symfony\Set\SymfonySetList;
+use Rector\Symfony\Set\TwigSetList;
+use ReflectionClass;
+use ReflectionMethod;
+use ReflectionParameter;
+
+final class ComposerBasedAutoDetectTest extends TestCase
+{
+    private string $originalWorkingDirectory;
+
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        $this->originalWorkingDirectory = (string) getcwd();
+        $this->changeProjectDirectory('installed_packages');
+    }
+
+    protected function tearDown(): void
+    {
+        chdir($this->originalWorkingDirectory);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * doctrine/dbal and symfony/console are enough to load their sets, no doctrine/orm or symfony/framework-bundle needed
+     */
+    public function testNoArgumentLoadsSetsOfInstalledPackages(): void
+    {
+        $rectorConfigBuilder = new RectorConfigBuilder()
+            ->withComposerBased();
+
+        $this->assertSame(
+            [PHPUnitSetList::COMPOSER_BASED, DoctrineSetList::COMPOSER_BASED, SymfonySetList::COMPOSER_BASED],
+            $this->readSets($rectorConfigBuilder)
+        );
+    }
+
+    public function testNoArgumentWithoutTriggerPackagesLoadsNothing(): void
+    {
+        $this->changeProjectDirectory('no_trigger_packages');
+
+        $rectorConfigBuilder = new RectorConfigBuilder()
+            ->withComposerBased();
+
+        $this->assertSame([], $this->readSets($rectorConfigBuilder));
+    }
+
+    public function testExplicitArgumentSkipsDetection(): void
+    {
+        $rectorConfigBuilder = new RectorConfigBuilder()
+            ->withComposerBased(twig: true);
+
+        $this->assertSame([TwigSetList::COMPOSER_BASED], $this->readSets($rectorConfigBuilder));
+    }
+
+    public function testExplicitFalseArgumentSkipsDetection(): void
+    {
+        $rectorConfigBuilder = new RectorConfigBuilder()
+            ->withComposerBased(phpunit: false);
+
+        $this->assertSame([], $this->readSets($rectorConfigBuilder));
+    }
+
+    public function testEveryArgumentHasTriggerPackages(): void
+    {
+        $argumentNames = array_map(
+            static fn (ReflectionParameter $reflectionParameter): string => $reflectionParameter->getName(),
+            new ReflectionMethod(RectorConfigBuilder::class, 'withComposerBased')->getParameters()
+        );
+
+        // deprecated, no longer applied
+        $argumentNames = array_values(array_diff($argumentNames, ['netteUtils']));
+
+        $this->assertSame($argumentNames, array_keys(ComposerBasedTriggerPackages::PACKAGES_BY_ARGUMENT));
+    }
+
+    private function changeProjectDirectory(string $projectName): void
+    {
+        chdir(__DIR__ . '/Fixture/ComposerBasedAutoDetect/' . $projectName);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @return string[]
+     */
+    private function readSets(RectorConfigBuilder $rectorConfigBuilder): array
+    {
+        $sets = new ReflectionClass($rectorConfigBuilder)
+            ->getProperty('sets')
+            ->getValue($rectorConfigBuilder);
+
+        $this->assertIsArray($sets);
+
+        return $sets;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Configuration/Fixture/ComposerBasedAutoDetect/installed_packages/composer.json b/tests/Configuration/Fixture/ComposerBasedAutoDetect/installed_packages/composer.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4d26cee8ce3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Configuration/Fixture/ComposerBasedAutoDetect/installed_packages/composer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+    "type": "project",
+    "require": {
+        "doctrine/dbal": "^4.0",
+        "phpunit/phpunit": "^12.0",
+        "symfony/console": "^7.0"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Configuration/Fixture/ComposerBasedAutoDetect/installed_packages/vendor/composer/installed.json b/tests/Configuration/Fixture/ComposerBasedAutoDetect/installed_packages/vendor/composer/installed.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2f377da8d21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Configuration/Fixture/ComposerBasedAutoDetect/installed_packages/vendor/composer/installed.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+    "packages": [
+        {
+            "name": "doctrine/dbal",
+            "version": "4.2.0",
+            "version_normalized": "4.2.0.0"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "phpunit/phpunit",
+            "version": "12.1.0",
+            "version_normalized": "12.1.0.0"
+        },
+        {
+            "name": "symfony/console",
+            "version": "v7.2.0",
+            "version_normalized": "7.2.0.0"
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/tests/Configuration/Fixture/ComposerBasedAutoDetect/no_trigger_packages/composer.json b/tests/Configuration/Fixture/ComposerBasedAutoDetect/no_trigger_packages/composer.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..408b1c1d95e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Configuration/Fixture/ComposerBasedAutoDetect/no_trigger_packages/composer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+    "type": "project",
+    "require": {
+        "webmozart/assert": "^1.11"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/Configuration/Fixture/ComposerBasedAutoDetect/no_trigger_packages/vendor/composer/installed.json b/tests/Configuration/Fixture/ComposerBasedAutoDetect/no_trigger_packages/vendor/composer/installed.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8d81601582a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Configuration/Fixture/ComposerBasedAutoDetect/no_trigger_packages/vendor/composer/installed.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+    "packages": [
+        {
+            "name": "webmozart/assert",
+            "version": "1.11.0",
+            "version_normalized": "1.11.0.0"
+        }
+    ]
+}