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Is laravel dead?

Deaditude Score:

47.9%
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Reliable enough to build your career on. Dull enough to question that choice.
*Data last collected: 15 Aug 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
⚠️
2011

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

Holding On

Question Metrics

Total Questions
61
Answer Rate
41%
Acceptance Rate
28%
Growth
-25%
In the last 30 days

🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber

Still Breathing

Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling

Community Size

100,028
Subscribers
21
Active Users

Activity Metrics

71
Posts
44.0
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+20.0%
Strong momentum

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
🚨

Migration Alert

2 mentions of migrating away from laravel detected in discussions. Just a few deserters, for now.

💼 Job Market Pulse

Thriving

laravel jobs exist. So does Bigfoot, allegedly.

Global Job Distribution

🇮🇳India
1,970
🇩🇪Germany
284
🇫🇷France
277
🇺🇸United States
259
🇬🇧United Kingdom
188
🇨🇦Canada
92

Market Summary

3,070
Total Jobs
🏢
55,497
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.

Reality Check

Marketable Skill Alert!

laravel is still paying the bills in 6 countries.

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

🔸 Hacker News Discourse

Still Relevant

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

Mentions

71
Posts

Community Interest

Average points3.7
Stone cold silence

HN Verdict

Posted in the HN equivalent of a whisper.
HN karma potential
6/10
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."

▶️ YouTube Coverage

Fading Away

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

Content Metrics

13
Videos
11.2K
Total Views
Content trend: Free falling-57.1%

Average Engagement

858.9
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

Top channels covering laravel:
Net Ninja
YouTube Royalty
Web Tech Knowledge
Small Creator
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube

📈Historical Score Timeline

Watch the slow death in progress
DateScore
15 Aug 202547.9%
2 Aug 202533.0%
19 Jul 202538.6%
5 Jul 202535.8%
22 Jun 202536.2%
8 Jun 202539.7%
13 May 202529.2%
9 May 202523.3%
3 May 202534.2%

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