Is Symfony dead?
Deaditude Score:
55.7%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> About as cool as Vine. And we know what happened there.
*Data last collected: 27 Mar 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
40%
Acceptance Rate
20%
Growth
-100%
Recent Questions
How do you correctly enforce only one active row per user with Doctrine and PostgreSQL under concurrent requests?
Answered107 views
phppostgresqlsymfony
Can Doctrine dynamically generate inverse OneToMany mappings for multiple entities using one reusable ManyToOne trait on the owning side?
Unanswered48 views
phpsymfonydoctrine
Redirect old URLS with SEO to new app. Angular + Symfony
Answered47 views
angulartypescriptsymfony
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void
Community Size
13,281
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
43
Posts
8.9
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-27.8%
Losing steam
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysIntroducing the Symfony Tui Component
r/symfony8 days ago
65(99%)2
Twig 3.24.0 released
r/symfony16 days ago
30(98%)2
I built a Claude Code plugin that enforces hexagonal architecture in Symfony projects
r/symfony26 days ago
28(82%)16
Introducing AI Skills for Symfony UX
r/symfony28 days ago
27(97%)1
AuditTrailBundle: symfony profiler support
r/symfony15 days ago
21(92%)3
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Symfony jobs exist. So does Bigfoot, allegedly.
Global Job Distribution
🇫🇷France
651🇩🇪Germany
200🇮🇳India
199🇺🇸United States
95🇬🇧United Kingdom
64🇨🇦Canada
24Market Summary
1,233
Total Jobs
🏢
23,080
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
HN tolerates discussions about Symfony, but the real party's elsewhere.
Mentions
38
Posts
Last mentioned 4 days ago
Community Interest
Average points14.0
Minimal traction
HN Verdict
Posted in the HN equivalent of a whisper.
HN karma potential
8/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Symfony 8.0.6 Released
18 days ago
20
Symfony in 200 Lines
29 days ago
10
Show HN: CKEditor 5 Symfony Integration
2 months ago
10
Symfony 8 Released
3 months ago
10
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Barely Watched
Symfony content exists on YouTube. So does flat earth theory.
Content Metrics
21
Videos
195.8K
Total Views
Content trend: Stable0.0%
Average Engagement
9.3K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Symfony:
AI LABS
Growing Channel
Cédryc Ruth
Hobby Channel
Symfony
YouTube Royalty
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
2 months ago
48031
1 months ago
396
1 months ago
331
How to set up Sylius state machines? - Symfony workflow in almost 15 minutes | Commerce Weavers
Commerce Weavers
1 months ago
70
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 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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