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[Testing & Quality](/categories/testing) 4. / 5. symfony/browser-kit ActiveLibrary[Testing & Quality](/categories/testing) symfony/browser-kit =================== Simulates the behavior of a web browser, allowing you to make requests, click on links and submit forms programmatically v8.0.4(4mo ago)3.0k279.2M—5.1%5920MITPHPPHP >=8.4 Since Jan 5Pushed 1w ago14 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/symfony/browser-kit)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/symfony/browser-kit)[ Docs](https://symfony.com)[ Fund](https://symfony.com/sponsor)[ GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/fabpot)[ RSS](/packages/symfony-browser-kit/feed)WikiDiscussions 8.1 Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (5)Versions (623)Used By (20) 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. 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 85 — ExcellentBetter than 100% of packages Maintenance89 Actively maintained with recent releases Popularity81 Widely adopted with strong download metrics Community58 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 ~1 days Total 623 Last Release 120d ago Major Versions v7.4.0 → v8.0.02025-11-05 v6.4.31 → v7.3.92025-12-14 v7.4.3 → v8.0.32025-12-16 v6.4.32 → v7.3.102026-01-13 7.4.x-dev → 8.0.x-dev2026-01-13 PHP version history (14 changes)v2.0.9PHP >=5.3.2 v2.1.0PHP >=5.3.3 v2.7.0-BETA1PHP >=5.3.9 v3.0.0-BETA1PHP >=5.5.9 v3.3.8PHP ^5.5.9|>=7.0.8 v4.0.0-BETA1PHP ^7.1.3 v5.0.0-RC1PHP ^7.2.9 v5.0.2PHP ^7.2.5 v4.4.10PHP >=7.1.3 v5.0.9PHP >=7.2.5 v6.0.0PHP >=8.0.2 v6.1.0-BETA1PHP >=8.1 v7.0.0-BETA1PHP >=8.2 v8.0.0-BETA1PHP >=8.4 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/47313?v=4)[Fabien Potencier](/maintainers/fabpot)[@fabpot](https://github.com/fabpot) --- Top Contributors [![nicolas-grekas](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/243674?v=4)](https://github.com/nicolas-grekas "nicolas-grekas (370 commits)")[![fabpot](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/47313?v=4)](https://github.com/fabpot "fabpot (370 commits)")[![xabbuh](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1957048?v=4)](https://github.com/xabbuh "xabbuh (35 commits)")[![derrabus](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1506493?v=4)](https://github.com/derrabus "derrabus (33 commits)")[![chalasr](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7502063?v=4)](https://github.com/chalasr "chalasr (10 commits)")[![Tobion](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/610090?v=4)](https://github.com/Tobion "Tobion (10 commits)")[![fancyweb](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3658119?v=4)](https://github.com/fancyweb "fancyweb (8 commits)")[![OskarStark](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/995707?v=4)](https://github.com/OskarStark "OskarStark (7 commits)")[![dunglas](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/57224?v=4)](https://github.com/dunglas "dunglas (7 commits)")[![keradus](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2716794?v=4)](https://github.com/keradus "keradus (6 commits)")[![stof](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/439401?v=4)](https://github.com/stof "stof (6 commits)")[![Seldaek](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/183678?v=4)](https://github.com/Seldaek "Seldaek (5 commits)")[![jakzal](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/190447?v=4)](https://github.com/jakzal "jakzal (5 commits)")[![javiereguiluz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/73419?v=4)](https://github.com/javiereguiluz "javiereguiluz (5 commits)")[![kalessil](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1577185?v=4)](https://github.com/kalessil "kalessil (5 commits)")[![pborreli](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/77759?v=4)](https://github.com/pborreli "pborreli (4 commits)")[![jderusse](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/578547?v=4)](https://github.com/jderusse "jderusse (4 commits)")[![GromNaN](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/400034?v=4)](https://github.com/GromNaN "GromNaN (3 commits)")[![alexandre-daubois](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2144837?v=4)](https://github.com/alexandre-daubois "alexandre-daubois (3 commits)")[![wouterj](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/749025?v=4)](https://github.com/wouterj "wouterj (3 commits)") --- Tags componentphpsymfonysymfony-component ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/symfony-browser-kit/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/symfony-browser-kit/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/symfony-browser-kit) ``` ### Alternatives [symfony/panther A browser testing and web scraping library for PHP and Symfony. 3.1k14.7M96](/packages/symfony-panther)[behat/mink-browserkit-driver Symfony2 BrowserKit driver for Mink framework 54562.0M318](/packages/behat-mink-browserkit-driver)[drupal/drupal-extension Drupal extension for Behat 22215.1M147](/packages/drupal-drupal-extension)[codeception/lib-innerbrowser Parent library for all Codeception framework modules and PhpBrowser 8641.7M77](/packages/codeception-lib-innerbrowser)[zenstruck/browser A fluent interface for your Symfony functional tests. 2272.2M21](/packages/zenstruck-browser)[drupal/core-dev require-dev dependencies from drupal/drupal; use in addition to drupal/core-recommended to run tests from drupal/core. 2021.0M277](/packages/drupal-core-dev) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)