Is Symfony dead?
Deaditude Score:
50.5%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Slowly decomposing. Smells like XML.
*Data last collected: 21 Dec 2025, 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
10
Answer Rate
40%
Acceptance Rate
10%
Growth
-25%
Recent Questions
How to send a date from a CSV to a MySQL DB (datetime_immutable) in Symfony?
Unanswered97 views
phpcsvsymfony
Symfony does not register any application routes (Attribute routing) – only profiler routes appear
Unanswered75 views
phpsymfony
Cannot use php-cs-fixer with onSave and VScode : Failed to read file "composer.json"
Unanswered73 views
phpsymfonyphp-cs-fixer
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void
Community Size
12,913
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
40
Posts
14.4
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-40.0%
Losing steam
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysSymfony 8.0.0 released
r/symfony1 months ago
116(98%)9
I am creating a VSCode Symfony Extension
r/symfony1 months ago
54(97%)24
Symfony 7.4.0 released
r/symfony1 months ago
39(100%)1
Symfony 7.4 curated new features
r/symfony1 months ago
28(100%)0
New in Symfony 7.4: Misc Features (Part 2)
r/symfony1 months ago
28(100%)0
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Symfony jobs exist. So does Bigfoot, allegedly.
Global Job Distribution
🇫🇷France
743🇩🇪Germany
249🇮🇳India
187🇺🇸United States
95🇬🇧United Kingdom
64🇨🇦Canada
38Market Summary
1,376
Total Jobs
🏢
23,034
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
Symfony gets moderate attention on HN. Neither cool nor uncool - just meh.
Mentions
19
Posts
Last mentioned 13 days ago
Community Interest
Average points30.0
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
Symfony 8 Released
26 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
23
Videos
17.3K
Total Views
Content trend: Significant drop-28.6%
Average Engagement
753.4
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Symfony:
Dave Hollingworth
Small Creator
Pentiminax
YouTube Royalty
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
2 months ago
4711
Build a PHP Framework: The Base Controller
Dave Hollingworth
2 months ago
9112
2 months ago
356
#1 - Comprendre Symfony et le modèle MVC #symfony #php #tutoriel #formation
Nicely Dev - Apprendre à coder
1 months ago
162
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 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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