Is Magento dead?
Deaditude Score:
45.7%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> So stable it might as well be in a museum.
*Data last collected: 26 Sept 2025, so it might be even worse now, sorry.
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๐ฌComponent 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
โฑ๏ธ Tech Lifecycle Position
Has reached maturity with slowing innovation and some early warning signs of potential future decline.
INNOVATION
ADOPTION
PEAK
DECLINE
OBSOLESCENCE
โ ๏ธ
2008
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
4
Answer Rate
0%
Acceptance Rate
0%
Growth
0%
Recent Questions
Magento 2.4.7-p5 โ Elasticsearch search not working when query contains common words like โof" (e.g. "rios of mercedes")
Unanswered79 views
elasticsearchmagentosearch
Magento 2.4.8 โ CSP error blocking ClickDesk chat widget (custom plugin)
Unanswered51 views
phpmagentomagento2
Mautic 6.0: How does associating a company to a contact work?
Unanswered42 views
magentomagento2mautic
๐ฃ๏ธ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void
Community Size
3,356
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
22
Posts
3.0
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+60.0%
Strong momentum
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Cautious Optimism
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysI built a platform-agnostic frontend framework for Magento (and other ecommerce platforms)
r/magento222 days ago
13(89%)2
๐ Ever felt lost inside Magento 2โs massive database?
r/magento28 days ago
8(79%)2
Magebean-CLI โ a free command-line tool to quickly audit Security for Magento 2 stores.
r/magento224 days ago
7(100%)3
Any good popup extensions you know of?
r/magento215 days ago
3(80%)3
๐ผ Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Magento jobs exist. So does Bigfoot, allegedly.
Global Job Distribution
๐ฎ๐ณIndia
573๐บ๐ธUnited States
263๐ซ๐ทFrance
177๐ฉ๐ชGermany
174๐ฌ๐งUnited Kingdom
112๐จ๐ฆCanada
43Market Summary
1,342
Total Jobs
๐ข
24,910
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.
Reality Check
Marketable Skill Alert!
Magento is still paying the bills in 6 countries.
Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.
๐ธ Hacker News Discourse
Barely Mentioned
Magento gets moderate attention on HN. Neither cool nor uncool - just meh.
Mentions
121
Posts
Community Interest
Average points64.0
Noteworthy
HN Verdict
Posted in the HN equivalent of a whisper.
HN karma potential
6/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Magentic-UI: Towards Human-in-the-Loop Agentic Systems
2 months ago
389
Magenta RealTime: An Open-Weights Live Music Model
3 months ago
52
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
โถ๏ธ YouTube Coverage
Barely Watched
Magento videos get fewer views than paint drying timelapses.
Content Metrics
14
Videos
624
Total Views
Content trend: Explosive growth+200.0%
Average Engagement
44.6
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Magento:
Magento 2 Developer Guide
Hobby Channel
Webkul
Hobby Channel
Which Wins?
Hobby Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
1 months ago
293
25 days ago
41
1 months ago
11
1 months ago
00
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
๐Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 26 Sept 2025 | 45.7% |
| 13 Sept 2025 | 50.2% |
| 30 Aug 2025 | 44.7% |
| 16 Aug 2025 | 68.1% |
| 3 Aug 2025 | 57.7% |
| 20 Jul 2025 | 63.4% |
| 6 Jul 2025 | 65.8% |
| 23 Jun 2025 | 47.3% |
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