# symfony/symfony

The Symfony PHP framework

Repository: https://github.com/symfony/symfony
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/symfony
Homepage: https://symfony.com
Language: PHP
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: framework, php, symfony, symfony-bundle, bundle, php-framework, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-26T16:37:40+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": 6085, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 11, "gap_med": 0.0, "n_releases_24m": 117}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 31135, forks 9855 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:56.588404+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: stable
- function: 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
- domain: web-development, backend, developer-tools, apis
- platform: php, cli, cross-platform
- tags: php-framework, full-stack, lts, reusable-components, twig, doctrine, bundles, console, symfony-ux, enterprise, command-line, web-server

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

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:56.588404+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 2026-08-29T16:52:19.467140+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/symfony/symfony (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:56.588404+00:00, sha e26cd23e387a)
  - homepage: https://symfony.com (fetched 2026-08-29T07:49:31.183256+00:00, sha 68595089eb73)
  - site_page: https://symfony.com/doc (fetched 2026-08-29T07:49:31.192320+00:00, sha 44889134f4fb)
  - site_page: https://symfony.com/doc/current/contributing/community/releases.html (fetched 2026-08-29T07:49:31.194464+00:00, sha d4d1c0ca2112)
  - site_page: https://symfony.com/releases (fetched 2026-08-29T07:49:31.196450+00:00, sha 3c529c629210)
  - site_page: https://symfony.com/blog/category/releases (fetched 2026-08-29T07:49:31.198437+00:00, sha e3920232423a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.