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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. symfony/lock ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) symfony/lock ============ Creates and manages locks, a mechanism to provide exclusive access to a shared resource v8.0.6(2mo ago)514127.6M—5.1%1520MITPHPPHP >=8.4 Since Apr 12Pushed 1mo ago11 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/symfony/lock)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/symfony/lock)[ Docs](https://symfony.com)[ Fund](https://symfony.com/sponsor)[ GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/fabpot)[ RSS](/packages/symfony-lock/feed)WikiDiscussions 8.1 Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (8)Versions (363)Used By (20) Lock Component ============== [](#lock-component) The Lock component creates and manages locks, a mechanism to provide exclusive access to a shared resource. Resources --------- [](#resources) - [Documentation](https://symfony.com/doc/current/components/lock.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 81 — ExcellentBetter than 100% of packages Maintenance87 Actively maintained with recent releases Popularity73 Solid adoption and visibility Community49 Growing community involvement Maturity100 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 ~9 days Recently: every ~3 days Total 363 Last Release 76d ago Major Versions v7.4.4 → v8.0.42026-01-23 v6.4.33 → 7.3.x-dev2026-01-27 v7.4.5 → v8.0.52026-01-27 v6.4.34 → 7.4.x-dev2026-02-17 v7.4.6 → v8.0.62026-02-17 PHP version history (11 changes)3.3.x-devPHP >=5.5.9 v3.4.0-BETA3PHP ^5.5.9|>=7.0.8 v4.0.0-BETA2PHP ^7.1.3 v5.0.0-RC1PHP ^7.2.9 v5.0.1PHP ^7.2.5 v5.1.0-RC2PHP >=7.2.5 v4.4.9PHP >=7.1.3 v6.0.0-RC1PHP >=8.0.2 v6.1.0-BETA1PHP >=8.1 v7.0.0-BETA1PHP >=8.2 v8.0.0PHP >=8.4 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/47313?v=4)[Fabien Potencier](/maintainers/fabpot)[@fabpot](https://github.com/fabpot) --- Top Contributors [![nicolas-grekas](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/243674?v=4)](https://github.com/nicolas-grekas "nicolas-grekas (503 commits)")[![fabpot](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/47313?v=4)](https://github.com/fabpot "fabpot (147 commits)")[![xabbuh](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1957048?v=4)](https://github.com/xabbuh "xabbuh (60 commits)")[![jderusse](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/578547?v=4)](https://github.com/jderusse "jderusse (52 commits)")[![derrabus](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1506493?v=4)](https://github.com/derrabus "derrabus (47 commits)")[![Simperfit](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3451634?v=4)](https://github.com/Simperfit "Simperfit (12 commits)")[![GromNaN](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/400034?v=4)](https://github.com/GromNaN "GromNaN (11 commits)")[![chalasr](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7502063?v=4)](https://github.com/chalasr "chalasr (10 commits)")[![alexandre-daubois](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2144837?v=4)](https://github.com/alexandre-daubois "alexandre-daubois (9 commits)")[![Tobion](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/610090?v=4)](https://github.com/Tobion "Tobion (5 commits)")[![wouterj](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/749025?v=4)](https://github.com/wouterj "wouterj (5 commits)")[![fancyweb](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3658119?v=4)](https://github.com/fancyweb "fancyweb (5 commits)")[![OskarStark](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/995707?v=4)](https://github.com/OskarStark "OskarStark (4 commits)")[![ostrolucky](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/496233?v=4)](https://github.com/ostrolucky "ostrolucky (4 commits)")[![HypeMC](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2445045?v=4)](https://github.com/HypeMC "HypeMC (4 commits)")[![keradus](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2716794?v=4)](https://github.com/keradus "keradus (4 commits)")[![alli83](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/67466942?v=4)](https://github.com/alli83 "alli83 (3 commits)")[![Nyholm](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1275206?v=4)](https://github.com/Nyholm "Nyholm (3 commits)")[![rosier](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/117380?v=4)](https://github.com/rosier "rosier (3 commits)")[![jakzal](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/190447?v=4)](https://github.com/jakzal "jakzal (2 commits)") --- Tags cascomponentflocklockingmutexphpredlocksemaphoresymfonysymfony-componentsemaphoremutexlockingcasflockredlock ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/symfony-lock/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/symfony-lock/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/symfony-lock) ``` ### Alternatives [malkusch/lock Mutex library for exclusive code execution. 9459.6M27](/packages/malkusch-lock)[arvenil/ninja-mutex Simple to use mutex implementation that can use flock, memcache, memcached, mysql or redis for locking 1873.7M27](/packages/arvenil-ninja-mutex)[symfony/semaphore Symfony Semaphore Component 373.9M6](/packages/symfony-semaphore)[pudongping/hyperf-wise-locksmith A mutex library provider for the Hyperf framework, designed to enable serialized execution of PHP code in high-concurrency scenarios. 106.3k2](/packages/pudongping-hyperf-wise-locksmith)[aedart/athenaeum Athenaeum is a mono repository; a collection of various PHP packages 245.2k](/packages/aedart-athenaeum)[avtonom/semaphore-bundle A generic locking Symfony bundle for PHP, that uses named locks for semaphore acquire and release, to guarantee atomicity 122.8k](/packages/avtonom-semaphore-bundle) PHPackages © 2026 [Directory](/)[Categories](/categories)[Trending](/trending)[Changelog](/changelog)[Analyze](/analyze)