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NOTE:
The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives.
Hence, a higher number means a better flex alternative or higher similarity.
flex discussion
flex reviews and mentions
Posts with mentions or reviews of flex.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-03-23.
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How Symfony Flex Works
If a recipe is found, the instructions in its manifest are executed using various configurators. The console will display a message like:
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Cook: an alternative to Symfony Flex to execute package-embedded recipes for any PHP project
It works by fetching a separate repository containing the recipe, either hosted by Symfony in symfony/recipes and symfony/recipes-contrib, or self-hosted with some extra steps required. It's good and it works. But it could be better: embedded in repositories. Unfortunately the Symfony team doesn't plan on adding this feature. It's been rejected here, here and here.
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Error when trying to update in composer
More background on why flex.symfony.com (the server replacing symfony.sh!) no longer works can be found on https://github.com/symfony/flex/issues/890
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Examine the Reassuringly Robust Flexibility and Extensibility of Symfony Security
This setup can be automated and that's why Symfony includes Symfony Flex, a tool to simplify the installation/removal of packages in Symfony applications. Technically speaking, Symfony Flex is a Composer plugin that is installed by default when creating a new Symfony application and which automates the most common tasks of Symfony applications.”
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symfony/flex is an open source project licensed under MIT License which is an OSI approved license.
The primary programming language of flex is PHP.
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