Download Symfony

Step 1. Install Symfony CLI

The Symfony CLI is a developer tool to help you build, run, and manage your Symfony applications directly from your terminal. It's Open-Source, works on macOS, Windows, and Linux, and you only have to install it once in your system. Learn more about Symfony CLI.

Choose one of the following installation methods:

Installer — via wget or curl 

$ wget https://get.symfony.com/cli/installer -O - | bash
$ curl -sS https://get.symfony.com/cli/installer | bash

Homebrew — install Homebrew 

$ brew install symfony-cli/tap/symfony-cli

Debian/Ubuntu — APT based Linux 

$ curl -1sLf 'https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/symfony/stable/setup.deb.sh' | sudo -E bash
$ sudo apt install symfony-cli

Download packages from GitHub: amd64, arm64, armhf, i386.

Fedora/CentOS/SUSE/RedHat — YUM based Linux

Use yum instead of dnf on older versions.

$ curl -1sLf 'https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/symfony/stable/setup.rpm.sh' | sudo -E bash
$ sudo dnf install symfony-cli

Download packages from GitHub: aarch64, armv6hl, i386, x86_64.

Alpine — APK based Linux 

$ sudo apk add --no-cache bash
$ curl -1sLf 'https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/symfony/stable/setup.alpine.sh' | sudo -E bash
$ sudo apk add symfony-cli

Download packages from GitHub: aarch64, armhf, x86, x86_64.

Binaries

Download binaries from GitHub: 386, amd64, arm64, armv6.

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Choose one of the following installation methods:

Installer — via wget or curl

$ wget https://get.symfony.com/cli/installer -O - | bash
$ curl -sS https://get.symfony.com/cli/installer | bash

Homebrew — install Homebrew 

$ brew install symfony-cli/tap/symfony-cli

Binaries

Download binaries from GitHub.

Choose one of the following installation methods:

Scoop — install Scoop 

$ scoop install symfony-cli

Binaries

Download binaries from GitHub: 386, amd64.

Step 2. Create New Symfony Applications

Use the symfony binary provided by the Symfony CLI to create new applications:

If you are building a traditional web application:

$ symfony new --webapp my_project

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

$ symfony new my_project

You can also read Symfony Docs to learn about installing Symfony with Composer.

Install Symfony Packages

You can use Symfony features in any PHP application, not only in Symfony projects. Symfony publishes over 250 independent packages, so you can add only what you need to your applications. Some of these packages, called components, are stand-alone and don't require other packages to work.

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

$ composer require

Additional Resources

Symfony Source Code is hosted on GitHub and released under MIT license, which is friendly for developers and safe for companies.
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Symfony Demo: a reference application to learn how to develop applications following the Symfony Best Practices.