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Is CodeIgniter dead?

Deaditude Score:

86.6%
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Devs pretend to maintain it. Like you pretend to be okay.
*Data last collected: 9 Jun 2026, so it might be even worse now, sorry.

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🔬Component 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

⏱️ Tech Lifecycle Position

Has entered obsolescence - it's being actively replaced and finding minimal development or community support.

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

Dead End

Question Metrics

Total Questions
0
Answer Rate
0%
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

2,705
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

Sustainable

Resume with CodeIgniter skills? Perfect for your paper airplane collection.

Global Job Distribution

🇮🇳India
921
🇺🇸United States
33
🇫🇷France
5
🇨🇦Canada
4
🇬🇧United Kingdom
3
🇩🇪Germany
0

Market Summary

966
Total Jobs
🏢
14,988
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.

Reality Check

Career Life Support

CodeIgniter isn't dead, but maybe start a side project with something trendier.

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

Creators would get more views livestreaming themselves sleeping than talking about CodeIgniter.

Content Metrics

14
Videos
13.8K
Total Views
Content trend: Modest growth+16.7%

Average Engagement

983
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

Top channels covering CodeIgniter:
Códigos de Programación - MR
Hobby Channel
Coderobotics
Major Creator
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube

📈Historical Score Timeline

Watch the slow death in progress
DateScore
9 Jun 202686.6%
26 May 202689.6%
12 May 202680.1%
29 Apr 202687.8%
15 Apr 202687.9%
1 Apr 202678.4%
19 Mar 202682.1%
5 Mar 202691.7%
19 Feb 202686.2%
6 Feb 202676.8%
23 Jan 202677.4%
9 Jan 202687.2%
27 Dec 202587.8%
13 Dec 202578.9%
29 Nov 202579.7%
16 Nov 202569.4%
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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