symfony/ux

Symfony UX is a JavaScript ecosystem for Symfony that enables developers to build interactive frontend features by writing PHP code instead of managing JavaScript directly.

The project solves the friction of integrating JavaScript libraries into Symfony applications. Rather than writing raw JavaScript, developers use PHP-based UX packages that wrap popular JavaScript tools like Chart.js. The approach leverages Stimulus for JavaScript interactivity and integrates with either AssetMapper or Webpack Encore, abstracting away the complexity of JavaScript bundling and initialization. All shipped JavaScript and CSS adheres to Baseline Widely Available standards, ensuring compatibility across major browsers for at least thirty months.

Symfony UX suits teams building Symfony applications who want to add interactive components without context-switching to JavaScript. It works well for projects that prefer keeping frontend logic close to backend code through PHP abstractions. The initiative explicitly positions itself as an ecosystem-building effort, inviting community contributions to expand the set of available packages beyond the existing offerings.

The project maintains active engagement with its community through contribution guidelines and actively solicits feedback on which additional packages would be valuable. Development follows semantic versioning and targets modern PHP versions. The codebase emphasizes browser compatibility through its Baseline standard, ensuring long-term stability across supported environments.