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[CLI & Console](/categories/cli) 4. / 5. symfony/console ActiveLibrary[CLI & Console](/categories/cli) symfony/console =============== Eases the creation of beautiful and testable command line interfaces v8.0.7(2mo ago)9.8k1.1B—5.8%26820MITPHPPHP >=8.4 Since Sep 26Pushed today38 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/symfony/console)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/symfony/console)[ Docs](https://symfony.com)[ Fund](https://symfony.com/sponsor)[ GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/fabpot)[ RSS](/packages/symfony-console/feed)WikiDiscussions 8.1 Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (28)Versions (777)Used By (20) Console Component ================= [](#console-component) The Console component eases the creation of beautiful and testable command line interfaces. Sponsor ------- [](#sponsor) Help Symfony by [sponsoring](https://symfony.com/sponsor) its development! Resources --------- [](#resources) - [Documentation](https://symfony.com/doc/current/components/console.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) Credits ------- [](#credits) `Resources/bin/hiddeninput.exe` is a third party binary provided within this component. Find sources and license at . ### Health Score 90 — ExcellentBetter than 100% of packages Maintenance94 Actively maintained with recent releases Popularity88 Widely adopted with strong download metrics Community64 Healthy contributor diversity 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. 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