Is Symfony dead?
Deaditude Score:
47.3%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Zero drama, zero surprises, zero reasons to update your LinkedIn.
*Data last collected: 28 Jun 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 reached maturity with slowing innovation and some early warning signs of potential future decline.
INNOVATION
ADOPTION
PEAK
DECLINE
OBSOLESCENCE
⚠️
2005
GitHub Pulse
Active Development
Weekly Commit Activity
52 weeks agoNow
Stars
30,410
total stars
Forks
9,641
total forks
Open PRs
566
open pull requests
Recent Commits
380
last 30 days
Contributors
100
active developers
Pulse Check
Stable
trend assessment
Language Distribution
PHP98.0%
Twig1.6%
CSS0.2%
JavaScript0.1%
HTML0.1%
Stack Overflow Analysis
Holding On
Question Metrics
Total Questions
23
Answer Rate
22%
Acceptance Rate
13%
Growth
-25%
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void
Community Size
12,311
Subscribers
9
Active Users
Activity Metrics
30
Posts
4.7
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-30.8%
Losing steam
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysMCP Server Bundle for Symfony
r/symfony13 days ago
32(97%)7
Complete Symfony + Metronic Tailwind Integration Guide
r/symfony10 days ago
11(82%)5
[Package Release] Progressive JSON Streamer for PHP — inspired by Dan Abramov’s Progressive JSON → Laravel ready
r/symfony16 days ago
10(92%)2
A Week of Symfony #964 (June 16–22, 2025)
r/symfony7 days ago
7(100%)0
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Symfony jobs exist. So does Bigfoot, allegedly.
Global Job Distribution
🇫🇷France
1,077🇩🇪Germany
498🇮🇳India
248🇺🇸United States
143🇬🇧United Kingdom
135🇨🇦Canada
29Market Summary
2,130
Total Jobs
🏢
19,635
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.
Reality Check
Marketable Skill Alert!
Symfony is still paying the bills in 6 countries.
Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.
🔸 Hacker News Discourse
Barely Mentioned
When Symfony is mentioned on HN, users furiously scroll past it.
Mentions
10
Posts
Community Interest
Average points2.1
Stone cold silence
HN Verdict
Posted in the HN equivalent of a whisper.
HN karma potential
3/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Symfony 7.3.0 Released
1 months ago
20
MCP Server Bundle for Symfony
12 days ago
11
PHP/Symfony – All in One Symfony SEO Bundle
2 months ago
10
Symfony vs. Laravel: A Humble Request
3 months ago
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 Symfony.
Content Metrics
9
Videos
6.2K
Total Views
Content trend: Free falling-60.0%
Average Engagement
690.4
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Symfony:
How to code well
Hobby Channel
Symfony Academy
Major Creator
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
1 months ago
92
PHP Web Framework Symfony
ojamboshop
1 months ago
00
Creating Relationships Between Entities in Symfony 7 (Doctrine ORM) | Online Store Part 8
Symfony Academy
1 months ago
32
Symfony routes tutorial - How to debug routes
How to code well
1 months 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 |
---|---|
28 Jun 2025 | 47.3% |
14 Jun 2025 | 38.0% |
31 May 2025 | 39.4% |
10 May 2025 | 36.9% |
4 May 2025 | 36.7% |
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