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symfony/class-loader
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Symfony ClassLoader Component

v3.4.47(5y ago)1.1k59.2M—4.7%43[1 issues](https://github.com/symfony/class-loader/issues)20MITPHPPHP ^5.5.9|&gt;=7.0.8

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ClassLoader Component
=====================

[](#classloader-component)

The ClassLoader component provides tools to autoload your classes and cache their locations for performance.

Resources
---------

[](#resources)

- [Documentation](https://symfony.com/doc/current/components/class_loader.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

57

—

FairBetter than 98% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity71

Solid adoption and visibility

Community50

Growing community involvement

Maturity78

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 54% of commits — single point of failure

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 ~9 days

Recently: every ~19 days

Total

373

Last Release

2033d ago

Major Versions

v2.8.32 → v3.3.142017-11-05

v2.8.33 → v3.3.152018-01-03

v2.8.45 → v3.4.162018-07-26

v2.8.47 → v3.4.182018-10-31

v2.8.48 → v3.4.202018-11-11

PHP version history (5 changes)2.0.4PHP &gt;=5.3.2

v2.1.1PHP &gt;=5.3.3

v2.7.0-BETA1PHP &gt;=5.3.9

v3.0.0-BETA1PHP &gt;=5.5.9

v3.3.7PHP ^5.5.9|&gt;=7.0.8

### Community

Maintainers

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

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Top Contributors

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