think I resolved it using zip files:
{
"name": "TTSS",
"homepage": "http://satis.ttss.ch",
"repositories": [
{
"type": "package",
"package": {
"name": "themeco/x-shortcodes",
"description": "Includes all shortcode functionality for X",
"keywords": ["themeco","x-shortcodes"],
"license": "LGPL-3.0+",
"authors": [
{
"name":"Themeco",
"homepage":"http://theme.co"
}
],
"version": "2.3.3",
"dist": {
"url": "http://satis.ttss.ch/files/x-shortcodes.zip",
"type": "zip"
},
"type": "wordpress-plugin",
"require": {
"php": ">=5.3.2",
"composer/installers": "*"
}
}
}
],
"require-all": true
}