symfony/symfony
The Symfony PHP framework observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
95/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 87
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 0.0
- age_days: 6085
- days_rel: 11
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 117
Adoption not part of the score
31135 stars · 9855 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Symfony is a full-stack PHP framework for building web and console applications, plus a set of reusable, decoupled PHP components used by projects like Laravel, Drupal, and Composer. It offers routing, templating (Twig), ORM integration (Doctrine), security, forms, testing, and more, with predictable time-based releases and long-term support versions.
Use cases
- build a scalable web application in php
- create rest apis with php
- build command-line console applications in php
- develop an enterprise web app with long-term support
- reuse modular php components in an existing project
- build a web app with authentication and authorization
- schedule cron-like tasks and send emails from php
- learn a well-documented php framework for web development
When to choose
- you need a mature, battle-tested full-stack PHP framework with LTS releases
- you want reusable, decoupled components you can adopt incrementally
- you're building enterprise applications needing predictable, business-friendly releases
- you need comprehensive documentation, security tooling, and a large ecosystem out of the box
When to avoid
- you're building a micro-framework-style app and prefer minimal dependencies like Slim or Lumen
- your project is not in PHP
- you want a rapid-prototyping framework with less structure and convention
- you need a JavaScript or frontend-only framework
Facets
framework · maturity stable
web-framework routing templating orm auth authorization cli testing caching serialization form-handling middleware http-client email workflow-automation scheduling webhook configuration-management logging error-handling internationalization security api-framework web-development backend developer-tools apis php cli cross-platform php-framework full-stack lts reusable-components twig doctrine bundles console symfony-ux enterprise command-line web-server
6 sources
- readme: https://github.com/symfony/symfony · fetched 2026-08-28 · e26cd23e387a
- homepage: https://symfony.com · fetched 2026-08-29 · 68595089eb73
- site_page: https://symfony.com/doc · fetched 2026-08-29 · 44889134f4fb
- site_page: https://symfony.com/doc/current/contributing/community/releases.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · d4d1c0ca2112
- site_page: https://symfony.com/releases · fetched 2026-08-29 · 3c529c629210
- site_page: https://symfony.com/blog/category/releases · fetched 2026-08-29 · e3920232423a
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| symfony/symfony | main | 95 |
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