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symfony/semaphore
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Symfony Semaphore Component

v8.0.4(4mo ago)373.9M—6.9%14MITPHPPHP &gt;=8.4

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Semaphore Component
===================

[](#semaphore-component)

The Semaphore Component manages [semaphores](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semaphore_(programming)), a mechanism to provide exclusive access to a shared resource.

Resources
---------

[](#resources)

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

68

—

FairBetter than 100% of packages

Maintenance84

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity52

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community29

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity89

Battle-tested with a long release history

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 50.6% 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 ~18 days

Recently: every ~10 days

Total

111

Last Release

97d ago

Major Versions

v6.4.26 → v7.3.42025-09-11

v6.4.30 → v7.3.82025-11-29

v7.4.1 → v8.0.12025-12-01

6.4.x-dev → 7.3.x-dev2026-01-01

v7.4.4 → 8.0.x-dev2026-01-01

PHP version history (6 changes)v5.2.0-BETA1PHP ^7.2.5

v5.2.0PHP &gt;=7.2.5

v6.0.0PHP &gt;=8.0.2

v6.1.0PHP &gt;=8.1

v7.0.0-BETA1PHP &gt;=8.2

v8.0.0PHP &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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