1. Introduction
In the rapidly evolving landscape of software engineering, tools and frameworks frequently fall out of favor, leaving developers stranded with deprecated APIs and existential dread. This research aims to quantify this phenomenon so you can finally win arguments on Hacker News. For details on our flawless methodology, please refer to theMethodology Section.
2. Global Existential Matrix
Figure 1 plots the Deaditude score against the age of the technology (years since initial release). This matrix visually demonstrates the correlation between a framework's lifespan and its eventual deprecation dread.
Deaditude Score (%)
Silverlight
Age: 19 yrs | Score: 94.5%
Age: 19 yrs | Score: 94.5%
Solar2D
Age: 17 yrs | Score: 87.5%
Age: 17 yrs | Score: 87.5%
backbonejs
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 86.8%
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 86.8%
meteor
Age: 14 yrs | Score: 81.8%
Age: 14 yrs | Score: 81.8%
NativeScript
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 80.4%
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 80.4%
Vagrant
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 80.0%
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 80.0%
Xamarin
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 76.4%
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 76.4%
cordova
Age: 17 yrs | Score: 76.3%
Age: 17 yrs | Score: 76.3%
CodeIgniter
Age: 20 yrs | Score: 75.6%
Age: 20 yrs | Score: 75.6%
Gatsby
Age: 11 yrs | Score: 75.1%
Age: 11 yrs | Score: 75.1%
angular.js
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 71.0%
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 71.0%
Joomla! CMS
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 70.2%
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 70.2%
Ember.js
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 68.2%
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 68.2%
Cake PHP
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 63.8%
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 63.8%
Magento
Age: 18 yrs | Score: 62.0%
Age: 18 yrs | Score: 62.0%
Express js
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 60.2%
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 60.2%
Avalonia
Age: 13 yrs | Score: 59.5%
Age: 13 yrs | Score: 59.5%
elm
Age: 14 yrs | Score: 58.9%
Age: 14 yrs | Score: 58.9%
jQuery
Age: 20 yrs | Score: 58.0%
Age: 20 yrs | Score: 58.0%
Lynx
Age: 1 yrs | Score: 56.3%
Age: 1 yrs | Score: 56.3%
Drupal
Age: 25 yrs | Score: 55.8%
Age: 25 yrs | Score: 55.8%
Ansible
Age: 14 yrs | Score: 55.6%
Age: 14 yrs | Score: 55.6%
Ionic
Age: 13 yrs | Score: 54.1%
Age: 13 yrs | Score: 54.1%
Vue.js
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 53.4%
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 53.4%
Capacitor
Age: 6 yrs | Score: 52.7%
Age: 6 yrs | Score: 52.7%
Actix Web
Age: 9 yrs | Score: 52.6%
Age: 9 yrs | Score: 52.6%
October CMS
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 52.5%
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 52.5%
Laravel Livewire
Age: 7 yrs | Score: 52.0%
Age: 7 yrs | Score: 52.0%
Phoenix Framework
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 52.0%
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 52.0%
strapi
Age: 11 yrs | Score: 51.1%
Age: 11 yrs | Score: 51.1%
django
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 50.6%
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 50.6%
Perl
Age: 39 yrs | Score: 50.2%
Age: 39 yrs | Score: 50.2%
Microsoft Azure
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 49.9%
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 49.9%
Scala
Age: 22 yrs | Score: 49.7%
Age: 22 yrs | Score: 49.7%
Compose Multiplatform
Age: 6 yrs | Score: 49.5%
Age: 6 yrs | Score: 49.5%
Flask
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 47.9%
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 47.9%
MySQL
Age: 31 yrs | Score: 46.4%
Age: 31 yrs | Score: 46.4%
Svelte
Age: 10 yrs | Score: 46.2%
Age: 10 yrs | Score: 46.2%
Orleans
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 45.6%
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 45.6%
Axum
Age: 5 yrs | Score: 44.5%
Age: 5 yrs | Score: 44.5%
C#
Age: 26 yrs | Score: 44.3%
Age: 26 yrs | Score: 44.3%
MongoDB
Age: 17 yrs | Score: 44.0%
Age: 17 yrs | Score: 44.0%
Amazon Web Services
Age: 20 yrs | Score: 43.6%
Age: 20 yrs | Score: 43.6%
Ruby
Age: 31 yrs | Score: 43.3%
Age: 31 yrs | Score: 43.3%
WordPress
Age: 23 yrs | Score: 43.2%
Age: 23 yrs | Score: 43.2%
Kubernetes
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 43.1%
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 43.1%
Dart
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 42.1%
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 42.1%
NestJS
Age: 9 yrs | Score: 42.1%
Age: 9 yrs | Score: 42.1%
Tailwind
Age: 9 yrs | Score: 41.1%
Age: 9 yrs | Score: 41.1%
Symfony
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 40.4%
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 40.4%
Terraform
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 40.3%
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 40.3%
Firebase
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 39.5%
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 39.5%
Electron
Age: 13 yrs | Score: 39.3%
Age: 13 yrs | Score: 39.3%
Nuxt.js
Age: 10 yrs | Score: 39.3%
Age: 10 yrs | Score: 39.3%
ASP.NET
Age: 24 yrs | Score: 36.8%
Age: 24 yrs | Score: 36.8%
Ruby on Rails
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 36.3%
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 36.3%
Java
Age: 31 yrs | Score: 36.1%
Age: 31 yrs | Score: 36.1%
Deno
Age: 8 yrs | Score: 35.3%
Age: 8 yrs | Score: 35.3%
laravel
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 35.0%
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 35.0%
JavaScript
Age: 31 yrs | Score: 34.4%
Age: 31 yrs | Score: 34.4%
PostgreSQL
Age: 30 yrs | Score: 33.8%
Age: 30 yrs | Score: 33.8%
Typescript
Age: 14 yrs | Score: 32.7%
Age: 14 yrs | Score: 32.7%
Elixir
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 32.0%
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 32.0%
.NET MAUI
Age: 5 yrs | Score: 31.7%
Age: 5 yrs | Score: 31.7%
Kotlin
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 30.9%
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 30.9%
React
Age: 13 yrs | Score: 30.3%
Age: 13 yrs | Score: 30.3%
Docker
Age: 13 yrs | Score: 30.0%
Age: 13 yrs | Score: 30.0%
Supabase
Age: 6 yrs | Score: 29.8%
Age: 6 yrs | Score: 29.8%
Astro
Age: 5 yrs | Score: 28.0%
Age: 5 yrs | Score: 28.0%
FastAPI
Age: 8 yrs | Score: 27.7%
Age: 8 yrs | Score: 27.7%
Node.js
Age: 17 yrs | Score: 27.4%
Age: 17 yrs | Score: 27.4%
Swift
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 27.4%
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 27.4%
Flutter
Age: 9 yrs | Score: 27.3%
Age: 9 yrs | Score: 27.3%
Git
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 27.2%
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 27.2%
Angular
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 27.1%
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 27.1%
Python
Age: 35 yrs | Score: 24.8%
Age: 35 yrs | Score: 24.8%
Go
Age: 17 yrs | Score: 24.4%
Age: 17 yrs | Score: 24.4%
PHP
Age: 31 yrs | Score: 23.5%
Age: 31 yrs | Score: 23.5%
Visual Studio Code
Age: 11 yrs | Score: 21.7%
Age: 11 yrs | Score: 21.7%
Next.js
Age: 10 yrs | Score: 21.1%
Age: 10 yrs | Score: 21.1%
Spring boot
Age: 23 yrs | Score: 19.9%
Age: 23 yrs | Score: 19.9%
.NET
Age: 24 yrs | Score: 19.2%
Age: 24 yrs | Score: 19.2%
React Native
Age: 11 yrs | Score: 17.4%
Age: 11 yrs | Score: 17.4%
Rust
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 10.0%
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 10.0%
Technology Age (Years)
3. Registry of Technologies
The following table presents the current assessment of technologies under review. A higher Deaditude Score indicates a greater likelihood that your resume needs updating.
| Technology | Category | Deaditude | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silverlight | framework | 94.5%▲ +0.5% | Dead |
| Solar2D | framework | 87.5%▲ +1.0% | Dead |
| backbonejs | framework | 86.8%▲ +9.9% | Dead |
| meteor | framework | 81.8%▲ +14.3% | Certified Zombie |
| NativeScript | framework | 80.4%▼ -5.7% | Certified Zombie |
| Vagrant | tool | 80.0%▲ +5.8% | Certified Zombie |
| Xamarin | framework | 76.4%▼ -6.4% | Certified Zombie |
| cordova | framework | 76.3%▲ +6.9% | Certified Zombie |
| CodeIgniter | framework | 75.6%▲ +0.3% | Certified Zombie |
| Gatsby | framework | 75.1%▼ -7.7% | Certified Zombie |
| angular.js | framework | 71.0%▼ -5.1% | Dying Slowly |
| Joomla! CMS | framework | 70.2%▼ -0.2% | Dying Slowly |
| Ember.js | framework | 68.2%▲ +3.0% | Dying Slowly |
| Cake PHP | framework | 63.8%▲ +5.5% | Dying Slowly |
| Magento | framework | 62.0%▲ +7.3% | Dying Slowly |
| Express js | framework | 60.2%▼ -0.3% | Dying Slowly |
| Avalonia | framework | 59.5%▲ +7.3% | Dying Slowly |
| elm | language | 58.9%▼ -10.0% | Dying Slowly |
| jQuery | tool | 58.0%▲ +6.7% | Dying Slowly |
| Lynx | framework | 56.3%▼ -3.9% | Dying Slowly |
| Drupal | framework | 55.8%▼ -0.5% | Dying Slowly |
| Ansible | platform | 55.6%▲ +3.2% | Dying Slowly |
| Ionic | framework | 54.1%▲ +2.6% | Dying Slowly |
| Vue.js | framework | 53.4%▲ +4.7% | Dying Slowly |
| Capacitor | framework | 52.7%▼ -0.1% | Dying Slowly |
| Actix Web | framework | 52.6%▼ -1.9% | Dying Slowly |
| October CMS | framework | 52.5%▲ +0.9% | Dying Slowly |
| Laravel Livewire | framework | 52.0%▲ +5.2% | Dying Slowly |
| Phoenix Framework | framework | 52.0%▼ -0.7% | Dying Slowly |
| strapi | tool | 51.1%▼ -1.2% | Dying Slowly |
| django | framework | 50.6%▲ +4.5% | Dying Slowly |
| Perl | language | 50.2%▲ +2.0% | Dying Slowly |
| Microsoft Azure | platform | 49.9%▲ +6.4% | Stable & Mature |
| Scala | language | 49.7%▼ -1.4% | Stable & Mature |
| Compose Multiplatform | framework | 49.5%▲ +3.4% | Stable & Mature |
| Flask | framework | 47.9%▼ -0.8% | Stable & Mature |
| MySQL | platform | 46.4%▼ -1.3% | Stable & Mature |
| Svelte | framework | 46.2%▼ -1.4% | Stable & Mature |
| Orleans | framework | 45.6%▼ -9.3% | Stable & Mature |
| Axum | framework | 44.5%▼ -0.3% | Stable & Mature |
| C# | language | 44.3%▼ -1.0% | Stable & Mature |
| MongoDB | platform | 44.0%▼ -1.0% | Stable & Mature |
| Amazon Web Services | platform | 43.6%▲ +3.1% | Stable & Mature |
| Ruby | language | 43.3%▼ -4.8% | Stable & Mature |
| WordPress | tool | 43.2%▼ -1.9% | Stable & Mature |
| Kubernetes | platform | 43.1%▲ +21.4% | Stable & Mature |
| Dart | language | 42.1%▲ +8.3% | Stable & Mature |
| NestJS | framework | 42.1%▲ +5.2% | Stable & Mature |
| Tailwind | framework | 41.1%▲ +0.3% | Stable & Mature |
| Symfony | framework | 40.4%▼ -5.7% | Stable & Mature |
| Terraform | tool | 40.3%▲ +2.8% | Stable & Mature |
| Firebase | platform | 39.5%▼ -9.8% | Stable & Mature |
| Electron | framework | 39.3%▲ +6.1% | Stable & Mature |
| Nuxt.js | framework | 39.3%▼ -2.0% | Stable & Mature |
| ASP.NET | framework | 36.8%▲ +3.7% | Stable & Mature |
| Ruby on Rails | framework | 36.3%▼ -2.6% | Stable & Mature |
| Java | language | 36.1%▲ +2.3% | Stable & Mature |
| Deno | platform | 35.3%▼ -5.6% | Stable & Mature |
| laravel | framework | 35.0%▼ -5.6% | Stable & Mature |
| JavaScript | language | 34.4%▼ -7.2% | Stable & Mature |
| PostgreSQL | platform | 33.8%▲ +5.2% | Stable & Mature |
| Typescript | language | 32.7%▲ +1.3% | Stable & Mature |
| Elixir | language | 32.0%▼ -9.8% | Stable & Mature |
| .NET MAUI | framework | 31.7%▼ -3.3% | Stable & Mature |
| Kotlin | language | 30.9%▲ +0.9% | Stable & Mature |
| React | framework | 30.3%▼ -2.1% | Stable & Mature |
| Docker | tool | 30.0%▲ +0.6% | Stable & Mature |
| Supabase | tool | 29.8%▼ -3.2% | Stable & Mature |
| Astro | framework | 28.0%▲ +1.0% | Stable & Mature |
| FastAPI | framework | 27.7%▼ -1.4% | Stable & Mature |
| Node.js | framework | 27.4%▼ -0.2% | Stable & Mature |
| Swift | language | 27.4%▼ -1.9% | Stable & Mature |
| Flutter | framework | 27.3%▲ +5.0% | Stable & Mature |
| Git | tool | 27.2%▼ -4.2% | Stable & Mature |
| Angular | framework | 27.1%▼ -3.7% | Stable & Mature |
| Python | language | 24.8%▲ +2.0% | Accidentally Alive |
| Go | language | 24.4%▼ -5.2% | Accidentally Alive |
| PHP | language | 23.5%▼ -1.3% | Accidentally Alive |
| Visual Studio Code | tool | 21.7%▲ +3.9% | Accidentally Alive |
| Next.js | framework | 21.1%▲ +5.0% | Accidentally Alive |
| Spring boot | framework | 19.9%▼ -8.5% | Accidentally Alive |
| .NET | platform | 19.2%▼ -7.5% | Accidentally Alive |
| React Native | framework | 17.4%▼ -17.0% | Accidentally Alive |
| Rust | language | 10.0%▼ -7.0% | Accidentally Alive |
4. Contributions
The community is encouraged to contribute data points to our analysis. If you are currently maintaining a project built with a technology listed here (bless your heart), you may submit it for peer review on the respective technology's page.