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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
This is supposed to be an ad

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

Holding On

Question Metrics

Total Questions
10
Answer Rate
40%
Acceptance Rate
10%
Growth
-25%
In the last 30 days

🗣️ 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 days
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💼 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
38

Market 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
"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
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube

📈Historical Score Timeline

Watch the slow death in progress
DateScore
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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