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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. symfony/flex ActiveComposer-plugin[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) symfony/flex ============ Composer plugin for Symfony v2.11.0(1mo ago)4.2k195.3M—7.7%197[13 issues](https://github.com/symfony/flex/issues)[4 PRs](https://github.com/symfony/flex/pulls)20MITPHPPHP >=8.1CI passing Since May 2Pushed 1mo ago56 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/symfony/flex)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/symfony/flex)[ Fund](https://symfony.com/sponsor)[ GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/fabpot)[ RSS](/packages/symfony-flex/feed)WikiDiscussions 2.x Synced 2d ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (12)Versions (249)Used By (20) [ ![](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/58be7c146c01117bfd85f1dd3fe373ccebee3ca9b5ede38ed80ea085981d924a/68747470733a2f2f73796d666f6e792e636f6d2f6c6f676f732f73796d666f6e795f626c61636b5f30322e737667)](https://symfony.com) [Symfony Flex](https://symfony.com/doc/current/setup/flex.html) helps developers create [Symfony](https://symfony.com) applications, from the most simple micro-style projects to the more complex ones with dozens of dependencies. ### Health Score 84 — ExcellentBetter than 100% of packages Maintenance93 Actively maintained with recent releases Popularity83 Widely adopted with strong download metrics Community59 Growing community involvement Maturity91 Battle-tested with a long release history Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 55.1% 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 ~13 days Recently: every ~70 days Total 248 Last Release 36d ago Major Versions v1.21.5 → v2.4.42024-02-05 v1.21.6 → v2.4.52024-03-02 v1.21.7 → v2.4.62024-04-27 v1.21.8 → v2.4.72024-10-07 1.x-dev → v2.5.02025-03-03 PHP version history (5 changes)v1.0.0PHP ^7.1 v1.0.21PHP ^7.0 v1.7.0PHP >=7.1 v2.0.0PHP >=8.0 v2.9.0PHP >=8.1 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/47313?v=4)[Fabien Potencier](/maintainers/fabpot)[@fabpot](https://github.com/fabpot) --- Top Contributors [![fabpot](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/47313?v=4)](https://github.com/fabpot "fabpot (598 commits)")[![nicolas-grekas](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/243674?v=4)](https://github.com/nicolas-grekas "nicolas-grekas (337 commits)")[![weaverryan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/121003?v=4)](https://github.com/weaverryan "weaverryan (25 commits)")[![javiereguiluz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/73419?v=4)](https://github.com/javiereguiluz "javiereguiluz (14 commits)")[![maxhelias](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12966574?v=4)](https://github.com/maxhelias "maxhelias (13 commits)")[![dunglas](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/57224?v=4)](https://github.com/dunglas "dunglas (11 commits)")[![localheinz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/605483?v=4)](https://github.com/localheinz "localheinz (8 commits)")[![GromNaN](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/400034?v=4)](https://github.com/GromNaN "GromNaN (7 commits)")[![rosier](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/117380?v=4)](https://github.com/rosier "rosier (6 commits)")[![shyim](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6224096?v=4)](https://github.com/shyim "shyim (6 commits)")[![Pierstoval](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3369266?v=4)](https://github.com/Pierstoval "Pierstoval (5 commits)")[![tgalopin](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1651494?v=4)](https://github.com/tgalopin "tgalopin (5 commits)")[![Seldaek](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/183678?v=4)](https://github.com/Seldaek "Seldaek (5 commits)")[![emodric](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/362286?v=4)](https://github.com/emodric "emodric (4 commits)")[![HypeMC](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2445045?v=4)](https://github.com/HypeMC "HypeMC (4 commits)")[![yceruto](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2028198?v=4)](https://github.com/yceruto "yceruto (3 commits)")[![garak](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/179866?v=4)](https://github.com/garak "garak (3 commits)")[![jderusse](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/578547?v=4)](https://github.com/jderusse "jderusse (3 commits)")[![OskarStark](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/995707?v=4)](https://github.com/OskarStark "OskarStark (3 commits)")[![Sam-Burns](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6594039?v=4)](https://github.com/Sam-Burns "Sam-Burns (3 commits)") --- Tags composerflexsymfony ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/symfony-flex/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/symfony-flex/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/symfony-flex) ``` ### Alternatives [symfony/runtime Enables decoupling PHP applications from global state 74798.8M1.0k](/packages/symfony-runtime)[drupal/core-composer-scaffold A flexible Composer project scaffold builder. 5445.2M564](/packages/drupal-core-composer-scaffold)[drupal/core-project-message Adds a message after Composer installation. 2124.7M203](/packages/drupal-core-project-message)[vaimo/composer-patches Applies a patch from a local or remote file to any package that is part of a given composer project. 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