Is Cake PHP dead?
Deaditude Score:
60.0%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> This is a rite of passage. For suffering.
*Data last collected: 16 Apr 2026, 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
Has reached maturity with slowing innovation and some early warning signs of potential future decline.
INNOVATION
ADOPTION
PEAK
DECLINE
OBSOLESCENCE
โ ๏ธ
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
Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void
Community Size
1,495
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
4
Posts
6.3
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Stable
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0.0%
Holding steady
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysWorking with IPs in CakePHP
r/cakephp7 days ago
9(92%)1
Release 8.10.0 ยท Modern Queue solution or CakePHP
r/cakephp15 days ago
9(100%)0
Data Governance in CakePHP with Bouncer and AuditStash
r/cakephp26 days ago
7(90%)0
๐ผ Job Market Pulse
Endangered
Resume with Cake PHP skills? Perfect for your paper airplane collection.
Global Job Distribution
๐ฎ๐ณIndia
64๐จ๐ฆCanada
0๐ฉ๐ชGermany
0๐ซ๐ทFrance
0๐ฌ๐งUnited Kingdom
0๐บ๐ธUnited States
0Market Summary
64
Total Jobs
๐ข
0
Companies Using It
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
176
Posts
Community Interest
Average points31.7
Moderate buzz
HN Verdict
Posted in the HN equivalent of a whisper.
HN karma potential
8/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Show HN: Software Design โ ADRs, arch tests, patterns
2 months ago
40
Show HN: Video Poker Trainer
17 days ago
32
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
โถ๏ธ YouTube Coverage
Barely Watched
Cake PHP videos get fewer views than paint drying timelapses.
Content Metrics
4
Videos
85
Total Views
Content trend: Explosive growth+200.0%
Average Engagement
21.2
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Cake PHP:
Assignment On Click
Hobby Channel
Coderobotics
Small Creator
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
Top PHP Frameworks for Web Development in 2026 | Laravel vs Symfony vs CodeIgniter vs Yii vs CakePHP
Assignment On Click
1 months ago
10
CRM PHP Scripts with Source Code
Coderobotics
14 days ago
00
School Management PHP Scripts with Source Code
Coderobotics
15 days ago
00
2 days ago
00
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
๐Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 16 Apr 2026 | 60.0% |
| 2 Apr 2026 | 75.6% |
| 20 Mar 2026 | 77.1% |
| 6 Mar 2026 | 76.6% |
| 20 Feb 2026 | 71.2% |
| 7 Feb 2026 | 62.7% |
| 24 Jan 2026 | 54.1% |
| 10 Jan 2026 | 81.3% |
| 28 Dec 2025 | 73.7% |
| 14 Dec 2025 | 72.4% |
| 30 Nov 2025 | 70.0% |
| 17 Nov 2025 | 72.5% |
| 4 Nov 2025 | 62.4% |
| 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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