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symfony/filesystem
==================

Provides basic utilities for the filesystem

v8.0.6(2mo ago)4.6k669.1M—2%48[1 PRs](https://github.com/symfony/filesystem/pulls)20MITPHPPHP &gt;=8.4

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Filesystem Component
====================

[](#filesystem-component)

The Filesystem component provides basic utilities for the filesystem.

Resources
---------

[](#resources)

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

—

ExcellentBetter than 100% of packages

Maintenance93

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity83

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

626

Last Release

77d ago

Major Versions

v7.4.0-RC1 → v8.0.0-RC12025-11-05

v6.4.30 → 7.3.x-dev2025-11-26

v7.4.0 → v8.0.12025-12-01

6.4.x-dev → v7.4.62026-02-25

7.4.x-dev → v8.0.62026-02-25

PHP version history (13 changes)v2.1.0PHP &gt;=5.3.3

v2.7.0-BETA1PHP &gt;=5.3.9

v3.0.0-BETA1PHP &gt;=5.5.9

v3.3.8PHP ^5.5.9|&gt;=7.0.8

v4.0.0-BETA2PHP ^7.1.3

v5.0.0-BETA1PHP ^7.2.9

v5.0.0PHP ^7.2.5

v5.1.0-RC2PHP &gt;=7.2.5

v4.4.9PHP &gt;=7.1.3

v6.0.0-BETA1PHP &gt;=8.0.2

v6.1.0-RC1PHP &gt;=8.1

v7.0.0-RC1PHP &gt;=8.2

v8.0.0-BETA1PHP &gt;=8.4

### Community

Maintainers

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

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