# doctrine/DoctrineFixturesBundle

Symfony integration for the doctrine/data-fixtures library

Repository: https://github.com/doctrine/DoctrineFixturesBundle
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/doctrinefixturesbundle
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: symfony, symfony-bundle, doctrine-fixtures, doctrine, fixture-loading, fixtures
Last push: 2026-08-25T22:55:07+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 85/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 59, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5612, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 273, "gap_med": 7.0, "n_releases_24m": 11}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2533, forks 211 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:59.051561+00:00)

## What it is
A Symfony bundle that integrates the Doctrine Data Fixtures library for loading fixture data into the Doctrine ORM. It lets developers define and programmatically load sample or seed data into their application's database.

## Use cases
- load sample data into a Symfony app's database
- seed a database with test fixtures
- populate demo data for development environments
- create repeatable database fixtures for integration tests
- load initial reference data on deployment

## When to choose
- you use Symfony with Doctrine ORM and need fixture loading
- you want consistent seed data across dev, test, and staging environments
- you need programmatically defined fixtures with dependencies between them

## When to avoid
- you don't use Symfony or Doctrine ORM
- you need database migrations for schema changes rather than data seeding
- you use a different framework's fixture tooling like Laravel seeders

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: database, orm
- domain: developer-tools, web-development, databases
- platform: php, self-hosted
- tags: symfony-bundle, doctrine, fixtures, test-data, seeding

## Member repositories
- doctrine/DoctrineFixturesBundle (main) score 85

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:59.051561+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:25:16.255367+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/doctrine/DoctrineFixturesBundle (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:59.051561+00:00, sha 1b5ff22bc76b)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.