Is Cake PHP dead?
Deaditude Score:
72.4%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Getting fewer commits than your personal blog.
*Data last collected: 21 Oct 2025, so it might be even worse now, sorry.
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๐ฌComponent Breakdown
Dissecting the digital corpse
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Codebase Activity
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Reddit Drama
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Youtube Clickbaits
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Stackoverflow copypasting
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Job offering
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Companies adoption
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Hacker News Hype
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
โฑ๏ธ Tech Lifecycle Position
Is showing significant decline with reduced development activity, community engagement, and new adoption.
INNOVATION
ADOPTION
PEAK
DECLINE
OBSOLESCENCE
๐ฅ
2005
GitHub Pulse
Maintenance Mode
Weekly Commit Activity
52 weeks agoNow
Stars
0
total stars
Forks
0
total forks
Open PRs
0
open pull requests
Recent Commits
0
last 30 days
Contributors
0
active developers
Pulse Check
No data
trend assessment
Stack Overflow Analysis
Dead End
Question Metrics
Total Questions
0
Answer Rate
0%
Acceptance Rate
0%
Growth
0%
๐ฃ๏ธ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
The Reddit tumbleweeds have taken over
Community Size
1,471
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
2
Posts
3.0
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Stable
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0.0%
Holding steady
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysSuper useful IdeHelper improvement
r/cakephp22 days ago
4(100%)0
A Mercure plugin for CakePHP
r/cakephp11 days ago
2(100%)0
๐ผ Job Market Pulse
Endangered
Resume with Cake PHP skills? Perfect for your paper airplane collection.
Global Job Distribution
๐ฎ๐ณIndia
56๐จ๐ฆCanada
0๐ฉ๐ชGermany
0๐ซ๐ทFrance
0๐ฌ๐งUnited Kingdom
0๐บ๐ธUnited States
0Market Summary
56
Total Jobs
๐ข
279
Companies Using It
A small but determined corporate fanbase exists.
Reality Check
Career Suicide Watch
Time to update your LinkedIn. And by "update" we mean "remove {tech.name} entirely"
Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.
๐ธ Hacker News Discourse
HN Darling
Cake PHP gets moderate attention on HN. Neither cool nor uncool - just meh.
Mentions
61
Posts
Community Interest
Average points32.5
Moderate buzz
HN Verdict
Posted in the HN equivalent of a whisper.
HN karma potential
8/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Show HN: Sarge Launcher โ A Quake 3 Arena Utility
22 days ago
52
The Case for Crazy Philanthropy
2 months ago
313
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
โถ๏ธ YouTube Coverage
Fading Away
Creators would get more views livestreaming themselves sleeping than talking about Cake PHP.
Content Metrics
4
Videos
818
Total Views
Content trend: Stable0.0%
Average Engagement
204.5
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Cake PHP:
Jonathan Castro - Software Engineer
Hobby Channel
CakePHP
Major Creator
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
20 days ago
80
21 days ago
210
Deploy en CakePHP con Cpanel, Hosting Compartido
Jonathan Castro - Software Engineer
27 days ago
01
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
๐Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 21 Oct 2025 | 72.4% |
| 8 Oct 2025 | 76.6% |
| 24 Sept 2025 | 69.0% |
| 10 Sept 2025 | 75.6% |
| 28 Aug 2025 | 83.5% |
| 14 Aug 2025 | 74.4% |
| 31 Jul 2025 | 73.8% |
| 18 Jul 2025 | 70.2% |
| 4 Jul 2025 | 63.8% |
| 20 Jun 2025 | 60.9% |
| 7 Jun 2025 | 67.1% |
| 11 May 2025 | 65.1% |
| 8 May 2025 | 63.8% |
| 3 May 2025 | 67.1% |
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