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symfony/process
===============

Executes commands in sub-processes

v8.0.5(3mo ago)7.5k974.1M—4.5%10720MITPHPPHP &gt;=8.4

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Process Component
=================

[](#process-component)

The Process component executes commands in sub-processes.

Resources
---------

[](#resources)

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

88

—

ExcellentBetter than 100% of packages

Maintenance90

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity86

Widely adopted with strong download metrics

Community62

Healthy contributor diversity

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

684

Last Release

61d ago

Major Versions

v7.4.4 → v8.0.42026-01-23

v6.4.33 → 7.3.x-dev2026-01-26

v7.4.5 → v8.0.52026-01-26

5.4.x-dev → 7.4.x-dev2026-03-08

7.4.x-dev → 8.0.x-dev2026-03-09

PHP version history (14 changes)2.0.4PHP &gt;=5.3.2

v2.1.0PHP &gt;=5.3.3

v2.7.0-BETA1PHP &gt;=5.3.9

v3.0.0-BETA1PHP &gt;=5.5.9

v3.3.7PHP ^5.5.9|&gt;=7.0.8

v4.0.0-BETA1PHP ^7.1.3

v5.0.0-BETA2PHP ^7.2.9

v5.0.0PHP ^7.2.5

v5.1.0-RC2PHP &gt;=7.2.5

v4.4.11PHP &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-RC1PHP &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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