# symfony/security-http

Symfony Security Component - HTTP Integration

Repository: https://github.com/symfony/security-http
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/security-http
Homepage: https://symfony.com/security
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: php, symfony, component, symfony-component
Last push: 2026-08-22T13:47:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 87, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4732, "days_push": 11, "days_rel": 11, "gap_med": 0, "n_releases_24m": 78}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1701, forks 22 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:24.339271+00:00)

## What it is
The Symfony Security HTTP component provides HTTP integration of the Symfony Security Core component. It secures (parts of) applications using firewalls and provides authenticators to authenticate visitors.

## Use cases
- secure http endpoints with firewalls in a symfony app
- authenticate users via http in php
- add login and authentication to a symfony application
- protect parts of a web application with access control
- implement custom authenticators for http requests
- handle csrf and session-based authentication in symfony

## When to choose
- you are building a Symfony application and need authentication or authorization
- you want firewall-based HTTP security in a PHP project
- you need a mature, well-documented security layer with long-term support

## When to avoid
- you use a framework other than Symfony with its own security stack
- you need a standalone auth service rather than an in-process component
- your project is not PHP-based

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: auth, authorization, middleware, http-server
- domain: security, web-development, backend
- platform: php
- tags: symfony, firewalls, authenticators, http-security, composer-package, php, web-server

## Member repositories
- symfony/security-http (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:24.339271+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 2026-08-30T03:37:44.128550+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/symfony/security-http (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:24.339271+00:00, sha 19e2d349c4ee)
  - homepage: https://symfony.com/security (fetched 2026-08-29T11:12:14.010003+00:00, sha b8a4472dada7)
  - site_page: https://symfony.com/doc (fetched 2026-08-29T11:12:14.019763+00:00, sha 44889134f4fb)
  - site_page: https://symfony.com/releases (fetched 2026-08-29T11:12:14.021714+00:00, sha 5bd749e2b676)
  - site_page: https://symfony.com/blog/category/releases (fetched 2026-08-29T11:12:14.023512+00:00, sha 0739a28df2e8)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.