Is This Tech Dead?
Is This Tech Dead?
Jun 23, 2025Live
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Is CodeIgniter dead?

Deaditude Score:

63.6%
ⓘ How is this calculated?
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Run, don't walk, away from this.
*Data last collected: 19 Jun 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

Has reached maturity with slowing innovation and some early warning signs of potential future decline.

INNOVATION
PEAK
OBSOLESCENCE
⚠️
2006

GitHub Pulse

Stable

Weekly Commit Activity

52 weeks agoNow
Stars
5,628
total stars
Forks
1,933
total forks
Open PRs
45
open pull requests
Recent Commits
21
last 30 days
Contributors
100
active developers
Pulse Check
Declining
trend assessment

Language Distribution

PHP98.0%
CSS0.7%
JavaScript0.6%
SCSS0.3%
Shell0.1%

Stack Overflow Analysis

Struggling

Question Metrics

Total Questions
4
Answer Rate
25%
Acceptance Rate
0%
Growth
-50%
In the last 30 days

Recent Questions

$total_purchase_cost not updating inside PHP foreach loop in CodeIgniter, even with hardcoded addition
Answered58 views
phpcodeignitervariables
CodeIgniter 4: insert() only saves document_id and sets the rest of the columns to NULL
Unanswered41 views
phpjsoncodeigniter
How to grant external access to a file in codeigniter4
Unanswered32 views
phpcodeigniterremote-access

🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber

Still Breathing

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

Community Size

2,542
Subscribers
5
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.

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💼 Job Market Pulse

Thriving

CodeIgniter jobs exist. So does Bigfoot, allegedly.

Global Job Distribution

🇮🇳India
1,099
🇺🇸United States
45
🇬🇧United Kingdom
12
🇫🇷France
10
🇨🇦Canada
4
🇩🇪Germany
1

Market Summary

1,171
Total Jobs
🏢
11,944
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.

Source: Adzuna

🔸 Hacker News Discourse

Fading Away

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

Mentions

3
Posts
Last mentioned 8 days ago

Community Interest

Average points3.7
Stone cold silence

HN Verdict

Posted in the HN equivalent of a whisper.
HN karma potential
0/10

Notable Discussions

Order bypoints
Some basic helpers when using with CodeIgniter 3
29 days ago
10
CodeIgniter Framework Version 3 – Vendor Packages Build
1 months ago
10
Show HN: Rapidez – Headless Magento with Laravel and InstantSearch
12 days ago
90
Search 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

9
Videos
610
Total Views
Content trend: Explosive growth+100.0%

Average Engagement

67.8
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

Top channels covering CodeIgniter:
The Coding Hax
Hobby Channel
Allround Zone
Hobby Channel
ojamboshop
Hobby Channel

Popular Videos

Sorted byviews
12 days ago
160
1 months ago
10
1 months ago
11
9 days ago
20
Search on YouTube
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube

📈Historical Score Timeline

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DateScore
19 Jun 202563.6%
6 Jun 202547.6%
10 May 202567.8%
7 May 202568.0%
3 May 202574.5%

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