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symfony/browser-kit
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Simulates the behavior of a web browser, allowing you to make requests, click on links and submit forms programmatically

v8.1.1(3w ago)3.0k295.2M↓16.7%5820MITPHPPHP &gt;=8.4.1

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BrowserKit Component
====================

[](#browserkit-component)

The BrowserKit component simulates the behavior of a web browser, allowing you to make requests, click on links and submit forms programmatically.

The component comes with a concrete implementation that uses the HttpClient component to make real HTTP requests.

Sponsor
-------

[](#sponsor)

This package is looking for a [backer](https://symfony.com/backers).

Help Symfony by [sponsoring](https://symfony.com/sponsor) its development!

Resources
---------

[](#resources)

- [Documentation](https://symfony.com/doc/current/components/browser_kit/introduction.html)
- [Contributing](https://symfony.com/doc/current/contributing/index.html)
- [Report issues](https://github.com/symfony/symfony/issues) and [send Pull Requests](https://github.com/symfony/symfony/pulls)in the [main Symfony repository](https://github.com/symfony/symfony)

###  Health Score

87

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ExcellentBetter than 100% of packages

Maintenance97

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity81

Widely adopted with strong download metrics

Community59

Growing community involvement

Maturity100

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~8 days

Recently: every ~0 days

Total

632

Last Release

25d ago

Major Versions

v6.4.32 → 7.3.x-dev2026-01-13

v7.4.4 → v8.0.42026-01-13

v7.4.8 → v8.0.82026-03-30

v6.4.42 → 7.4.x-dev2026-06-08

v7.4.14 → 8.0.x-dev2026-06-09

PHP version history (15 changes)v2.0.9PHP &gt;=5.3.2

v2.1.0PHP &gt;=5.3.3

v2.7.0-BETA1PHP &gt;=5.3.9

v3.0.0-BETA1PHP &gt;=5.5.9

v3.3.9PHP ^5.5.9|&gt;=7.0.8

v4.0.0-BETA1PHP ^7.1.3

v5.0.0-RC1PHP ^7.2.9

v5.0.2PHP ^7.2.5

v4.4.9PHP &gt;=7.1.3

v5.0.10PHP &gt;=7.2.5

v6.0.0-RC1PHP &gt;=8.0.2

v6.1.0-BETA1PHP &gt;=8.1

v7.0.0-BETA1PHP &gt;=8.2

v8.0.0-BETA1PHP &gt;=8.4

v8.1.0-BETA1PHP &gt;=8.4.1

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/47313?v=4)[Fabien Potencier](/maintainers/fabpot)[@fabpot](https://github.com/fabpot)

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