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Is Phoenix Framework dead?

Deaditude Score:

66.4%
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Slowly decomposing. Smells like XML.
*Data last collected: 12 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

Is showing significant decline with reduced development activity, community engagement, and new adoption.

INNOVATION
PEAK
OBSOLESCENCE
🏥
2014

GitHub Pulse

Declining

Weekly Commit Activity

52 weeks agoNow
Stars
22,056
total stars
Forks
2,958
total forks
Open PRs
16
open pull requests
Recent Commits
43
last 30 days
Contributors
100
active developers
Pulse Check
Accelerating
trend assessment

Language Distribution

Elixir83.6%
JavaScript11.2%
CSS3.8%
HTML1.3%
Euphoria0.1%

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

Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling

Community Size

34,910
Subscribers
10
Active Users

Activity Metrics

61
Posts
29.4
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+33.3%
Strong momentum

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced

💼 Job Market Pulse

Endangered

Resume with Phoenix Framework skills? Perfect for your paper airplane collection.

Global Job Distribution

🇺🇸United States
13
🇮🇳India
4
🇨🇦Canada
3
🇩🇪Germany
1
🇬🇧United Kingdom
1
🇫🇷France
0

Market Summary

22
Total Jobs
🏢
159
Companies Using It
A small but determined corporate fanbase exists.

Reality Check

Career Suicide Watch

Time to update your LinkedIn. And by "update" we mean "remove {tech.name} entirely"

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

🔸 Hacker News Discourse

Barely Mentioned

Phoenix Framework gets moderate attention on HN. Neither cool nor uncool - just meh.

Mentions

9
Posts
Last mentioned 17 days ago

Community Interest

Average points24.7
Moderate buzz

HN Verdict

Typical orange site discourse: pedantic corrections.
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 Phoenix Framework.

Content Metrics

18
Videos
4.6K
Total Views
Content trend: Free falling-57.1%

Average Engagement

254.2
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

Top channels covering Phoenix Framework:
Code and Stuff
Small Creator
cmgriffing
Hobby Channel
Peter Solnica
Hobby Channel
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube

📈Historical Score Timeline

Watch the slow death in progress
DateScore
12 May 202566.4%
8 May 202571.8%
3 May 202561.4%

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