symfony/security-guard
Symfony Security Component - Guard observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
Flags: archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3996
- days_rel: 675
- days_push: 675
- n_releases_24m: 1
Adoption not part of the score
1410 stars · 10 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
The Symfony Security Guard component, part of the Symfony framework, lets developers build custom multi-step authentication systems with full control over the authentication flow. It unifies different authentication mechanisms behind a single GuardAuthenticator interface.
Use cases
- implement custom login authentication in a Symfony app
- build token-based API authentication for a PHP backend
- combine multiple authentication methods behind one firewall
- create JSON login endpoints for a SPA frontend
- write authenticators for LDAP or API-key based login
When to choose
- you are on a Symfony 5.x/6.x app needing custom authentication logic
- you need fine-grained control over the authentication process in PHP
- you want to integrate several auth mechanisms into one Symfony firewall
When to avoid
- you are on Symfony 6.4+ or newer, where Guard was replaced by the modern Authenticator-based security system
- you are not using the Symfony framework
- you only need simple form login handled by Symfony's built-in authenticators
Facets
library · maturity maintenance
auth middleware security web-development backend security apis php symfony-component authentication guard-authenticator firewalls web-server
5 sources
- readme: https://github.com/symfony/security-guard · fetched 2026-08-28 · 69ca9e7d5c1c
- homepage: https://symfony.com/security · fetched 2026-08-29 · d1e586ae8fb2
- site_page: https://symfony.com/doc · fetched 2026-08-29 · 44889134f4fb
- site_page: https://symfony.com/releases · fetched 2026-08-29 · 429432437be6
- site_page: https://symfony.com/blog/category/releases · fetched 2026-08-29 · f38db6c86da8
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| symfony/security-guard | main | 10 |
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