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Is Symfony dead?

Deaditude Score:

45.4%
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Will be running unchanged in production when the sun explodes.
*Data last collected: 21 May 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
PEAK
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
0%
Acceptance Rate
0%
Growth
+200%
In the last 30 days

🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber

Still Breathing

Surprisingly alive and kicking on Reddit

Community Size

13,449
Subscribers
0
Active Users

Activity Metrics

73
Posts
8.8
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+164.3%
Explosive growth!

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced

💼 Job Market Pulse

Thriving

Symfony jobs exist. So does Bigfoot, allegedly.

Global Job Distribution

🇫🇷France
578
🇩🇪Germany
214
🇮🇳India
183
🇺🇸United States
78
🇬🇧United Kingdom
46
🇨🇦Canada
36

Market Summary

1,135
Total Jobs
🏢
23,737
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

42
Posts

Community Interest

Average points3.3
Stone cold silence

HN Verdict

Posted in the HN equivalent of a whisper.
HN karma potential
6/10
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."

▶️ YouTube Coverage

Barely Watched

YouTube algorithm buried Symfony content deeper than archaeological discoveries.

Content Metrics

21
Videos
370.8K
Total Views
Content trend: Significant drop-30.0%

Average Engagement

17.7K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

Top channels covering Symfony:
Programming with Mosh
Major Creator
AUCODE
Hobby Channel
Fork it! Community
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
21 May 202645.4%
7 May 202659.0%
23 Apr 202649.5%
10 Apr 202631.8%
27 Mar 202655.7%
13 Mar 202651.2%
28 Feb 202641.4%
14 Feb 202649.9%
31 Jan 202641.0%
18 Jan 202641.8%
4 Jan 202653.1%
21 Dec 202550.5%
8 Dec 202547.5%
24 Nov 202545.4%
10 Nov 202554.0%
29 Oct 202547.4%
15 Oct 202549.2%
1 Oct 202545.0%
18 Sept 202544.9%
4 Sept 202540.0%
21 Aug 202538.4%
8 Aug 202543.6%
25 Jul 202551.7%
11 Jul 202549.0%
28 Jun 202547.3%
14 Jun 202538.0%
31 May 202539.4%
10 May 202536.9%
4 May 202536.7%

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