# Silex

PHP micro-framework for developing websites, based on Symfony components.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/silex-php/
Last reviewed: 2026-10-23
Updated: 2026-10-25
Listed since: 2026-10-23

## Record

### Links

- home: https://silex.symfony.com
- repository: https://github.com/silexphp/Silex
- docs: https://github.com/silexphp/Silex/tree/master/doc

### Identity

- status: discontinued
- maintainer: Fabien Potencier
- maintainerType: unknown
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2013
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: framework
- hosting: php
- language: php
- runtime: php
- runtimeMin: php 7.1
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: unknown
- databases: unknown
- adminUi: unknown
- headlessApi: unknown
- templating: unknown
- i18n: unknown

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: unknown
- renderingModes: unknown
- installMethod: composer require

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 2
- latestReleaseDate: 2018-04-20

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 3528
- packagistDownloads: 17102305
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 231
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: 60097
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: 9654
- dependentPackages: 1109

### Sources

- status: https://github.com/silexphp/Silex/blob/master/README.rst (read 2026-10-23)
- status: https://symfony.com/blog/the-end-of-silex (read 2026-10-23)
- status: https://api.github.com/repos/silexphp/Silex (read 2026-10-23)
- status: https://repo.packagist.org/p2/silex/silex.json (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://silex.symfony.com (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/silexphp/Silex (read 2026-10-23)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/silexphp/Silex/contents/doc (read 2026-10-23)
- maintainer: https://github.com/silexphp/Silex/blob/master/LICENSE (read 2026-10-23)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/silexphp/Silex (read 2026-10-23)
- category: https://github.com/silexphp/Silex/blob/master/README.rst (read 2026-10-23)
- runtime: https://github.com/silexphp/Silex/blob/master/README.rst (read 2026-10-23)
- runtimeMin: https://github.com/silexphp/Silex/blob/master/README.rst (read 2026-10-23)
- installMethod: https://github.com/silexphp/Silex/blob/master/README.rst (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/silexphp/Silex (read 2026-10-23)
- license: https://github.com/silexphp/Silex/blob/master/README.rst (read 2026-10-23)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/silexphp/Silex/tags (read 2026-10-23)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/silexphp/Silex/tags (read 2026-10-23)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/silexphp/Silex/tags (read 2026-10-23)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/silexphp/Silex (read 2026-10-23)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/silexphp/Silex/contributors (read 2026-10-23)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/silex/silex.json (read 2026-10-23)
- packagistDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/silex/silex.json (read 2026-10-23)
- dependentRepos: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/silex%2Fsilex (read 2026-10-25)
- dependentPackages: https://packages.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/registries/packagist.org/packages/silex%2Fsilex (read 2026-10-25)
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: https://packagist.org/packages/silex/silex/stats.json (read 2026-10-25)

## Notes

Silex is a PHP micro-framework for developing websites, built on Symfony components and installed with Composer. The project is in maintenance mode: its repository says so, and Symfony's blog post on the end of Silex gives an end of life of June 2018 and points users to Symfony 4 with Flex.

## Worth knowing

The repository is archived on GitHub, and Packagist marks the package abandoned in favor of symfony/flex. The project's domain now redirects to the blog post about the end of Silex.

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