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symfony/messenger
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Helps applications send and receive messages to/from other applications or via message queues

v8.0.7(2mo ago)1.1k120.7M—1.5%9120MITPHPPHP &gt;=8.4

Since May 7Pushed 5d ago27 watchersCompare

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READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (34)Versions (338)Used By (20)

Messenger Component
===================

[](#messenger-component)

The Messenger component helps applications send and receive messages to/from other applications or via message queues.

Sponsor
-------

[](#sponsor)

The Messenger component for Symfony 8.0 is [backed](https://symfony.com/backers) by [Cadoles](https://www.cadoles.com).

Cadoles is a French Cooperative and Participative Company (SCOP) providing IT services based in Dijon. This company is a key player in free software and open formats, and uses Symfony in its development services for businesses and institutions.

Help Symfony by [sponsoring](https://symfony.com/sponsor) its development!

Resources
---------

[](#resources)

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

85

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ExcellentBetter than 100% of packages

Maintenance93

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity77

Solid adoption and visibility

Community57

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

Total

338

Last Release

61d ago

Major Versions

v7.4.4 → v8.0.42026-01-08

v6.4.34 → v7.4.62026-02-25

v7.4.6 → v8.0.62026-02-25

v6.4.35 → v7.4.72026-03-04

7.4.x-dev → 8.0.x-dev2026-03-04

PHP version history (9 changes)v4.1.0-BETA1PHP ^7.1.3

v5.0.0-BETA2PHP ^7.2.9

v5.0.0PHP ^7.2.5

v5.1.2PHP &gt;=7.2.5

v4.4.9PHP &gt;=7.1.3

v6.0.0-BETA1PHP &gt;=8.0.2

v6.1.0-BETA1PHP &gt;=8.1

v7.0.0-BETA1PHP &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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Top Contributors

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