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[Parsing & Serialization](/categories/parsing) 4. / 5. symfony/serializer ActiveLibrary[Parsing & Serialization](/categories/parsing) symfony/serializer ================== Handles serializing and deserializing data structures, including object graphs, into array structures or other formats like XML and JSON. v8.0.7(2mo ago)2.5k304.9M—2.6%7520MITPHPPHP >=8.4CI passing Since Sep 26Pushed 1w ago15 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/symfony/serializer)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/symfony/serializer)[ Docs](https://symfony.com)[ Fund](https://symfony.com/sponsor)[ GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/fabpot)[ RSS](/packages/symfony-serializer/feed)WikiDiscussions 8.1 Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (48)Versions (776)Used By (20)Security (2) Serializer Component ==================== [](#serializer-component) The Serializer component handles serializing and deserializing data structures, including object graphs, into array structures or other formats like XML and JSON. Resources --------- [](#resources) - [Documentation](https://symfony.com/doc/current/components/serializer.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 86 — ExcellentBetter than 100% of packages Maintenance92 Actively maintained with recent releases Popularity82 Widely adopted with strong download metrics Community58 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. 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