Is Symfony dead?
Deaditude Score:
51.4%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Getting fewer commits than your personal blog.
*Data last collected: 3 Jun 2026, 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
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
5
Answer Rate
20%
Acceptance Rate
0%
Growth
+200%
Recent Questions
Symfony AssetMapper resolves `@import "tailwindcss"` as a physical file path when using Preline UI
Unanswered86 views
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API Platform 4 (Symfony 8): Best practice for password confirmation on DELETE operation (CQRS / Clean Architecture)
Unanswered72 views
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Designing a modular ERP with Symfony + MariaDB + Bootstrap – best practices?
Answered64 views
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🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling
Community Size
13,474
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
116
Posts
8.5
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+76.7%
Strong momentum
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysNew in Symfony 8.1: HTTP-Less Symfony Applications
r/symfony1 months ago
64(98%)3
Claude Mythos Audited Symfony and Found 19 Vulnerabilities
r/symfony25 days ago
53(96%)3
New in Symfony 8.1: Improved Request Payload Mapping
r/symfony28 days ago
42(100%)1
New in Symfony 8.1: Messenger Improvements
r/symfony24 days ago
37(100%)0
New in Symfony 8.1: Dependency Injection Improvements
r/symfony18 days ago
35(97%)0
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Symfony jobs exist. So does Bigfoot, allegedly.
Global Job Distribution
🇫🇷France
566🇩🇪Germany
211🇮🇳India
168🇺🇸United States
79🇬🇧United Kingdom
41🇨🇦Canada
15Market Summary
1,080
Total Jobs
🏢
22,593
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
Still Relevant
When Symfony is mentioned on HN, users furiously scroll past it.
Mentions
44
Posts
Last mentioned yesterday
Community Interest
Average points3.2
Stone cold silence
HN Verdict
Posted in the HN equivalent of a whisper.
HN karma potential
6/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Getting Agent-Ready with Symfony
18 days ago
20
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Fading Away
Symfony content is about as appealing as 240p videos in 2023.
Content Metrics
19
Videos
62.9K
Total Views
Content trend: Significant drop-28.6%
Average Engagement
3.3K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Symfony:
Développement web et mobile
YouTube Royalty
NAIMI Dev Slayer
Hobby Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
Learning Symfony 8: Database, Entities & Migrations 🚀🗄️
NAIMI Dev Slayer
2 months ago
10
Symfony 8 : Formulaire complet (création + affichage des données)
Développement web et mobile
2 months ago
09
Symfony 8 : Créer une base de données facilement (Doctrine)
Développement web et mobile
2 months ago
06
Symfony und Agentic Applications
Contao Open Source CMS
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 |
|---|---|
| 3 Jun 2026 | 51.4% |
| 21 May 2026 | 45.4% |
| 7 May 2026 | 59.0% |
| 23 Apr 2026 | 49.5% |
| 10 Apr 2026 | 31.8% |
| 27 Mar 2026 | 55.7% |
| 13 Mar 2026 | 51.2% |
| 28 Feb 2026 | 41.4% |
| 14 Feb 2026 | 49.9% |
| 31 Jan 2026 | 41.0% |
| 18 Jan 2026 | 41.8% |
| 4 Jan 2026 | 53.1% |
| 21 Dec 2025 | 50.5% |
| 8 Dec 2025 | 47.5% |
| 24 Nov 2025 | 45.4% |
| 10 Nov 2025 | 54.0% |
| 29 Oct 2025 | 47.4% |
| 15 Oct 2025 | 49.2% |
| 1 Oct 2025 | 45.0% |
| 18 Sept 2025 | 44.9% |
| 4 Sept 2025 | 40.0% |
| 21 Aug 2025 | 38.4% |
| 8 Aug 2025 | 43.6% |
| 25 Jul 2025 | 51.7% |
| 11 Jul 2025 | 49.0% |
| 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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