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symfony/locale
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Symfony Locale Component

v2.8.52(7y ago)15967.6k↑14.7%420MITPHPPHP &gt;=5.3.9

Since Sep 27Pushed 6y ago4 watchersCompare

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Locale Component
================

[](#locale-component)

Locale provides fallback code to handle cases when the `intl` extension is missing.

The Locale component is deprecated since version 2.3 and was removed in Symfony 3.0. You should use the more capable Intl component instead.

###  Health Score

47

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FairBetter than 94% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity45

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community35

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity78

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~10 days

Recently: every ~0 days

Total

251

Last Release

2745d ago

PHP version history (3 changes)2.0.4PHP &gt;=5.3.2

v2.1.1PHP &gt;=5.3.3

v2.7.0-BETA1PHP &gt;=5.3.9

### 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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