Is Drupal dead?
Deaditude Score:
39.8%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Perfect for systems that must never, ever change. Like your manager's mindset.
*Data last collected: 10 May 2025, 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 achieved stable mainstream adoption with robust community support and established patterns.
INNOVATION
ADOPTION
PEAK
DECLINE
OBSOLESCENCE
✨
2001
GitHub Pulse
Maintenance Mode
Weekly Commit Activity
52 weeks agoNow
Stars
4,152
total stars
Forks
1,937
total forks
Open PRs
0
open pull requests
Recent Commits
167
last 30 days
Contributors
8
active developers
Pulse Check
Stable
trend assessment
Language Distribution
PHP92.3%
CSS2.9%
JavaScript2.5%
Twig2.1%
HTML0.1%
Stack Overflow Analysis
Active Support
Question Metrics
Total Questions
8
Answer Rate
13%
Acceptance Rate
13%
Growth
+200%
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling
Community Size
17,377
Subscribers
8
Active Users
Activity Metrics
78
Posts
5.7
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+52.4%
Strong momentum
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
🚨
Migration Alert
1 mentions of migrating away from Drupal detected in discussions. Just a few deserters, for now.
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysAfter a year of building a new Drupal site, my IT team wants to switch to Power Pages—looking for advice
r/drupal29 days ago
27(94%)30
Open Source Intranet based on Drupal - Open Intranet
r/drupal16 days ago
22(97%)4
From Drupal Console to Drupal Decoupled: Contributing to Making Drupal Community Stronger
r/drupal15 days ago
22(99%)3
Drupdater - Automated Drupal updates
r/drupal20 days ago
19(100%)8
Why does Drupal stuff never seem as simple as planned?
r/drupal8 days ago
19(86%)28
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Drupal jobs exist. So does Bigfoot, allegedly.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
1,328🇮🇳India
361🇫🇷France
328🇨🇦Canada
146🇩🇪Germany
112🇬🇧United Kingdom
85Market Summary
2,360
Total Jobs
🏢
20,647
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.
Reality Check
Marketable Skill Alert!
Drupal is still paying the bills in 6 countries. Silicon Valley approves.
Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.
🔸 Hacker News Discourse
Barely Mentioned
HN tolerates discussions about Drupal, but the real party's elsewhere.
Mentions
12
Posts
Last mentioned 9 days ago
Community Interest
Average points6.0
Stone cold silence
HN Verdict
Posted in the HN equivalent of a whisper.
HN karma potential
3/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Drupal CMS 1.0 Released
3 months ago
51
Drupal Launches Game-Changing CMS Platform
3 months ago
41
Drupal CMS desktop application
1 months ago
31
"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 Drupal.
Content Metrics
11
Videos
2.7K
Total Views
Content trend: Explosive growth+200.0%
Average Engagement
249.9
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Drupal:
ojamboshop
Hobby Channel
ASC Web Services
Hobby Channel
FreelyGive
Hobby Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
1 months ago
409
Quickly get started using AI to write Drupal modules with Claude Code and a new Drupal Project
FreelyGive
1 months ago
263
Mastering Drupal’s Core Site Building Features - The Keys to Flexible Content Management
Drupal Association
16 days ago
10
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 10 May 2025 | 39.8% |
| 7 May 2025 | 43.7% |
| 3 May 2025 | 52.1% |
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