Cover of the book Symfony 5: The Fast Track

Symfony 5: The Fast Track is the best book to learn modern Symfony development, from zero to production. +300 pages showcasing Symfony with Docker, APIs, queues & async tasks, Webpack, SPAs, etc.

Download Symfony

Run this installer to create a binary called symfony:

wget https://get.symfony.com/cli/installer -O - | bash
If you prefer, you can download the binaries directly from GitHub: 32-bit or 64-bit platforms.
SHA-256 checksums of the installer and binaries

SHA-256 checksum of the bash installer:

5dbf887f7687b9355c4e9809e8aa6fde98e3c70b8f7db61b66d686e17309c7ce

SHA-256 checksums of the installed binary:

  • linux_amd64: 43aef5fd5d45f4602697cad016eff504cb68ec6ad1271c7b1e2a089e1eedd05a
  • linux_386: 65398740b4da78d312d6ecd94e8adfa4ea5d934398b18dec66e1d995332d419e
  • linux_arm: abc16666f20b022ec4eeb2fddcc968e622ab7c656c69e34d41acd0ae51a99a28
  • linux_arm64: bc838ee13bda43899df4e28658014a33c2965d37a0f0249e1009ab9b0f8c80c1

Symfony CLI will be published as a native Apple Silicon binary early 2021. Meanwhile, you can run it in Rosetta mode.

Run this installer to create a binary called symfony:

curl -sS https://get.symfony.com/cli/installer | bash
If you prefer, you can download the binary directly from GitHub.
SHA-256 checksums of the installer and binary

SHA-256 checksum of the bash installer:

5dbf887f7687b9355c4e9809e8aa6fde98e3c70b8f7db61b66d686e17309c7ce

SHA-256 checksums of the installed binary:

  • darwin_amd64: bce4b3d0ef54de6af6dd9ebeb4b1c6536c27444b26de1ec23ee34f0c743229fc
If you prefer, you can download the binaries directly from GitHub: 32-bit or 64-bit platforms.
SHA-256 checksums of the installer and binaries

SHA-256 checksum of the setup.exe installer:

b29b89b56a8536f520344ab45ff2e762eb89104c618e338e1013edaaf499e6b0

SHA-256 checksums of the installed binary:

  • windows_amd64: 5e466e65458f4b2626b3a044c2016e1e82eec31e3e178d8ae9072adbe02a784e
  • windows_386: 742f9c234f86389274ac878839204d05ab17c636b2c408554adefc07fb920c20

Changelog of the most recent Symfony Binary versions:

4.23.5

  • n/a
  • Fix requirements for the book (for Symfony 5.2)
  • Make book requirements pass if only optional requirements are missing

4.23.4

  • Bump Mercure

4.23.3

  • Fix project:create when not logged in
  • Switch to Composer 2 by default if available
  • Add more supported PHP extensions on SymfonyCloud for PHP 8.0
  • Switch to PHP 8.0 as a default version when creating a new SymfonyCloud project

End-User License Agreement of the Symfony binary.

The symfony binary created by the installer provides:

Creating Symfony applications

If you are building a traditional web application:

symfony new --full my_project

If you are building a microservice, console application or API:

symfony new my_project

Read the docs to learn about installing Symfony with Composer.

Use the Symfony Components

Symfony Components are a set of decoupled and reusable libraries that can be used in any PHP application.

Install Composer and run this command to add a Symfony component in your app:

composer require
Symfony Demo application

The best Symfony learning resource and the reference to develop applications following the official best practices.

Download

Don't miss any updates!

Receive an email when a new Symfony version is published or when a Symfony version reaches its end of life.

Subscribe

Symfony Source Code Symfony is publicly hosted on GitHub. Join us sending pull requests, reviewing code, or reporting issues.
Free and Open Source Symfony code is published under the MIT license, which is friendly for developers and safe for businesses.
Symfony Recipes Check out our recipes to integrate third-party packages into Symfony.
Download Legacy Versions Download Symfony 1.x for your legacy projects and applications.