Is Magento dead?
Deaditude Score:
60.5%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Probably written in a language no one wants to maintain.
*Data last collected: 6 Nov 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
ADOPTION
PEAK
DECLINE
OBSOLESCENCE
⚠️
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
-50%
Recent Questions
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void
Community Size
3,404
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
20
Posts
1.9
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-28.6%
Losing steam
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysHyvä goes open source
r/magento210 days ago
18(100%)1
I'm building Daffodil - an Angular framework to connect your storefront to any ecommerce platform.
r/magento21 months ago
8(100%)3
Been doing Magento for years, figured out how to actually use AI properly for builds - worth starting an agency around this?
r/magento21 months ago
2(60%)14
Need Guidance on Product Tiered pricing
r/magento224 days ago
2(100%)1
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Magento jobs exist. So does Bigfoot, allegedly.
Global Job Distribution
🇮🇳India
480🇺🇸United States
306🇫🇷France
154🇩🇪Germany
148🇬🇧United Kingdom
118🇨🇦Canada
46Market Summary
1,252
Total Jobs
🏢
25,938
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.
🔸 Hacker News Discourse
HN Darling
Magento gets moderate attention on HN. Neither cool nor uncool - just meh.
Mentions
63
Posts
Community Interest
Average points48.6
Moderate buzz
HN Verdict
Silently upvoted. Too scared to admit they don't understand it.
HN karma potential
8/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Ask HN: Open-source AI generated project
13 days ago
22
Magentic-UI: Towards Human-in-the-Loop Agentic Systems
3 months ago
389
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Fading Away
Magento videos get fewer views than paint drying timelapses.
Content Metrics
14
Videos
190
Total Views
Content trend: Free falling-71.4%
Average Engagement
13.6
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Magento:
Jake's Tech Lab
YouTube Royalty
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
2 months ago
00
2 months ago
00
Ghost vs Magento Comparison | Best CMS & eCommerce Platform
Jake's Tech Lab
2 months ago
00
Shopify vs Magento Comparison | Best Ecommerce CMS Platform?
Jake's Tech Lab
2 months ago
00
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 6 Nov 2025 | 60.5% |
| 24 Oct 2025 | 58.5% |
| 10 Oct 2025 | 50.5% |
| 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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