Is Symfony dead?
Deaditude Score:
41.8%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Hasn't crashed in years. Neither has its GitHub star count.
*Data last collected: 18 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 achieved stable mainstream adoption with robust community support and established patterns.
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
Needs Help
Question Metrics
Total Questions
11
Answer Rate
64%
Acceptance Rate
36%
Growth
+100%
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void
Community Size
13,059
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
40
Posts
9.8
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-15.4%
Losing steam
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysSymfony AI v0.1.0 - First Tagged Release
r/symfony26 days ago
50(92%)1
Symfony: Goodbye Getters and Setters !
r/symfony23 days ago
40(92%)33
When did you know you could write your Entity as simple as this ?
r/symfony17 days ago
27(82%)22
20 Years of Symfony: A Gift for the Community✨
r/symfony19 days ago
28(94%)2
CKEditor 5 Symfony Integration
r/symfony7 days ago
25(90%)2
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Symfony jobs exist. So does Bigfoot, allegedly.
Global Job Distribution
🇫🇷France
679🇩🇪Germany
261🇮🇳India
186🇺🇸United States
145🇬🇧United Kingdom
62🇨🇦Canada
39Market Summary
1,372
Total Jobs
🏢
23,445
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
HN Darling
Symfony gets moderate attention on HN. Neither cool nor uncool - just meh.
Mentions
19
Posts
Last mentioned 3 days ago
Community Interest
Average points27.7
Moderate buzz
HN Verdict
Posted in the HN equivalent of a whisper.
HN karma potential
8/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Pivoting from Auth0 to PHP Symfony
2 months ago
40
Show HN: CKEditor 5 Symfony Integration
7 days ago
10
Symfony 8 Released
1 months ago
10
"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
24
Videos
52.9K
Total Views
Content trend: Significant drop-27.3%
Average Engagement
2.2K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Symfony:
Dave Hollingworth
Small Creator
Stefan Mischook
Growing Channel
Symfony Academy
Hobby Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
Code is Pretty Much Dead in 2026
Stefan Mischook
1 months ago
1.3K399
1 months ago
16622
Build a PHP Framework: Configuration
Dave Hollingworth
1 months ago
925
Symfony 8.0 : les nouvelles fonctionnalités
Devscast Software
1 months ago
618
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 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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