Is Symfony dead?
Deaditude Score:
53.1%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> If you touch this, wear gloves.
*Data last collected: 4 Jan 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
Holding On
Question Metrics
Total Questions
16
Answer Rate
56%
Acceptance Rate
31%
Growth
-29%
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void
Community Size
12,996
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
45
Posts
9.8
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+25.0%
Strong momentum
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysSymfony AI v0.1.0 - First Tagged Release
r/symfony11 days ago
51(92%)1
Symfony: Goodbye Getters and Setters !
r/symfony8 days ago
42(94%)32
When did you know you could write your Entity as simple as this ?
r/symfony2 days ago
28(85%)21
20 Years of Symfony: A Gift for the Community✨
r/symfony4 days ago
27(94%)2
New SymfonyCasts Course: Bundle Development
r/symfony18 days ago
24(97%)1
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Symfony jobs exist. So does Bigfoot, allegedly.
Global Job Distribution
🇫🇷France
652🇩🇪Germany
257🇮🇳India
187🇺🇸United States
107🇬🇧United Kingdom
57🇨🇦Canada
35Market Summary
1,295
Total Jobs
🏢
23,177
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
Fading Away
When Symfony is mentioned on HN, users furiously scroll past it.
Mentions
7
Posts
Last mentioned 27 days ago
Community Interest
Average points1.7
Stone cold silence
HN Verdict
Posted in the HN equivalent of a whisper.
HN karma potential
3/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Pivoting from Auth0 to PHP Symfony
2 months ago
40
Symfony 8 Released
27 days 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
29
Videos
19.4K
Total Views
Content trend: Significant drop-27.3%
Average Engagement
668.9
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Symfony:
Nicely Dev - Apprendre à coder
Major Creator
OTUS IT Онлайн - образование
Hobby Channel
Sylius
Hobby Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
Build a PHP Framework: Data and the ORM
Dave Hollingworth
1 months ago
927
1 months ago
192
#1 - Symfony et MVC expliqués simplement | Comprendre l'architecture
Nicely Dev - Apprendre à coder
1 months ago
162
#2 - Installation, création de projet & structure du projet #symfony #formation
Nicely Dev - Apprendre à coder
1 months ago
71
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 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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