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Is CodeIgniter dead?

Deaditude Score:

78.3%
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Still running. Like your childhood trauma.
*Data last collected: 3 Nov 2025, so it might be even worse now, sorry.

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🔬Component Breakdown

Dissecting the digital corpse
This is supposed to be an ad

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

⏱️ Tech Lifecycle Position

Is showing significant decline with reduced development activity, community engagement, and new adoption.

INNOVATION
PEAK
OBSOLESCENCE
🏥
2006

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

Struggling

Question Metrics

Total Questions
3
Answer Rate
33%
Acceptance Rate
0%
Growth
0%
In the last 30 days

🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber

Still Breathing

Even necromancers couldn't resurrect this tech's Reddit presence

Community Size

2,621
Subscribers
0
Active Users

Activity Metrics

0
Posts
0.0
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Stable
0.0%
Holding steady

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced

Popular Discussions

Last 30 days

Crickets chirping... No one's talking about CodeIgniter on Reddit.

Either this tech is super niche or it's been abandoned like a New Year's resolution.

💼 Job Market Pulse

Thriving

CodeIgniter jobs exist. So does Bigfoot, allegedly.

Global Job Distribution

🇮🇳India
976
🇺🇸United States
40
🇬🇧United Kingdom
7
🇨🇦Canada
3
🇩🇪Germany
1
🇫🇷France
1

Market Summary

1,028
Total Jobs
🏢
13,841
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.

Reality Check

Marketable Skill Alert!

CodeIgniter is still paying the bills in 6 countries.

Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.

🔸 Hacker News Discourse

HN Graveyard

When CodeIgniter is mentioned on HN, users furiously scroll past it.

Mentions

0
Posts

Community Interest

Average points0.0
Stone cold silence

HN Verdict

HN karma potential
0/10

No discussions found on Hacker News.

Even "Blockchain AI for the Web3 Metaverse" gets more attention.

Double-check on HN
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."

▶️ YouTube Coverage

Barely Watched

CodeIgniter videos get fewer views than paint drying timelapses.

Content Metrics

12
Videos
521
Total Views
Content trend: Explosive growth+66.7%

Average Engagement

43.4
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

Top channels covering CodeIgniter:
Website Making Technologies
Hobby Channel
devkamalhossen
Hobby Channel
Templator
Hobby Channel
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube

📈Historical Score Timeline

Watch the slow death in progress
DateScore
3 Nov 202578.3%
20 Oct 202589.7%
7 Oct 202590.0%
23 Sept 202562.0%
9 Sept 202546.2%
27 Aug 202588.6%
13 Aug 202578.8%
30 Jul 202561.3%
17 Jul 202560.9%
3 Jul 202579.7%
19 Jun 202563.6%
6 Jun 202547.6%
10 May 202567.8%
7 May 202568.0%
3 May 202574.5%

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