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[Parsing & Serialization](/categories/parsing) 4. / 5. symfony/yaml ActiveLibrary[Parsing & Serialization](/categories/parsing) symfony/yaml ============ Loads and dumps YAML files v8.0.6(3mo ago)3.9k788.0M—9.7%13320MITPHPPHP >=8.4 Since Sep 26Pushed 4d ago24 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/symfony/yaml)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/symfony/yaml)[ Docs](https://symfony.com)[ Fund](https://symfony.com/sponsor)[ GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/fabpot)[ RSS](/packages/symfony-yaml/feed)WikiDiscussions 8.1 Synced 1mo ago READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (4)Versions (688)Used By (20)Security (2) Yaml Component ============== [](#yaml-component) The Yaml component loads and dumps YAML files. Resources --------- [](#resources) - [Documentation](https://symfony.com/doc/current/components/yaml.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 87 — ExcellentBetter than 100% of packages Maintenance91 Actively maintained with recent releases Popularity84 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. 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