1. Introduction
In the rapidly evolving landscape of software engineering, tools and frameworks frequently fall out of favor, leaving developers stranded with deprecated APIs and existential dread. This research aims to quantify this phenomenon so you can finally win arguments on Hacker News. For details on our flawless methodology, please refer to theMethodology Section.
2. Global Existential Matrix
Figure 1 plots the Deaditude score against the age of the technology (years since initial release). This matrix visually demonstrates the correlation between a framework's lifespan and its eventual deprecation dread.
Deaditude Score (%)
Silverlight
Age: 19 yrs | Score: 99.6%
Age: 19 yrs | Score: 99.6%
CodeIgniter
Age: 20 yrs | Score: 91.1%
Age: 20 yrs | Score: 91.1%
Solar2D
Age: 17 yrs | Score: 83.9%
Age: 17 yrs | Score: 83.9%
cordova
Age: 17 yrs | Score: 80.9%
Age: 17 yrs | Score: 80.9%
NativeScript
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 80.3%
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 80.3%
Xamarin
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 79.7%
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 79.7%
Gatsby
Age: 11 yrs | Score: 77.0%
Age: 11 yrs | Score: 77.0%
Vagrant
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 76.2%
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 76.2%
angular.js
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 76.0%
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 76.0%
backbonejs
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 75.4%
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 75.4%
Ember.js
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 75.0%
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 75.0%
Drupal
Age: 25 yrs | Score: 68.3%
Age: 25 yrs | Score: 68.3%
Scala
Age: 22 yrs | Score: 64.8%
Age: 22 yrs | Score: 64.8%
Express js
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 64.5%
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 64.5%
jQuery
Age: 20 yrs | Score: 64.5%
Age: 20 yrs | Score: 64.5%
Cake PHP
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 62.8%
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 62.8%
Joomla! CMS
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 61.6%
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 61.6%
Phoenix Framework
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 60.2%
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 60.2%
Avalonia
Age: 13 yrs | Score: 60.1%
Age: 13 yrs | Score: 60.1%
elm
Age: 14 yrs | Score: 59.7%
Age: 14 yrs | Score: 59.7%
Orleans
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 57.3%
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 57.3%
Laravel Livewire
Age: 7 yrs | Score: 55.9%
Age: 7 yrs | Score: 55.9%
Ionic
Age: 13 yrs | Score: 55.3%
Age: 13 yrs | Score: 55.3%
October CMS
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 55.3%
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 55.3%
Lynx
Age: 1 yrs | Score: 54.9%
Age: 1 yrs | Score: 54.9%
meteor
Age: 14 yrs | Score: 54.3%
Age: 14 yrs | Score: 54.3%
Vue.js
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 54.1%
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 54.1%
Perl
Age: 39 yrs | Score: 53.5%
Age: 39 yrs | Score: 53.5%
Symfony
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 51.9%
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 51.9%
C#
Age: 26 yrs | Score: 50.8%
Age: 26 yrs | Score: 50.8%
Capacitor
Age: 6 yrs | Score: 49.5%
Age: 6 yrs | Score: 49.5%
Microsoft Azure
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 49.4%
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 49.4%
Ansible
Age: 14 yrs | Score: 48.6%
Age: 14 yrs | Score: 48.6%
Ruby
Age: 31 yrs | Score: 48.0%
Age: 31 yrs | Score: 48.0%
Actix Web
Age: 9 yrs | Score: 47.9%
Age: 9 yrs | Score: 47.9%
django
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 47.9%
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 47.9%
Elixir
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 47.2%
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 47.2%
NestJS
Age: 9 yrs | Score: 46.8%
Age: 9 yrs | Score: 46.8%
Flask
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 46.7%
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 46.7%
Firebase
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 46.6%
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 46.6%
strapi
Age: 11 yrs | Score: 46.6%
Age: 11 yrs | Score: 46.6%
Ruby on Rails
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 46.1%
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 46.1%
Svelte
Age: 10 yrs | Score: 45.7%
Age: 10 yrs | Score: 45.7%
Axum
Age: 5 yrs | Score: 45.1%
Age: 5 yrs | Score: 45.1%
Compose Multiplatform
Age: 6 yrs | Score: 45.1%
Age: 6 yrs | Score: 45.1%
Terraform
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 45.0%
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 45.0%
MySQL
Age: 31 yrs | Score: 44.9%
Age: 31 yrs | Score: 44.9%
Amazon Web Services
Age: 20 yrs | Score: 44.7%
Age: 20 yrs | Score: 44.7%
Tailwind
Age: 9 yrs | Score: 43.5%
Age: 9 yrs | Score: 43.5%
MongoDB
Age: 17 yrs | Score: 42.2%
Age: 17 yrs | Score: 42.2%
Magento
Age: 18 yrs | Score: 41.8%
Age: 18 yrs | Score: 41.8%
WordPress
Age: 23 yrs | Score: 41.5%
Age: 23 yrs | Score: 41.5%
Electron
Age: 13 yrs | Score: 40.7%
Age: 13 yrs | Score: 40.7%
.NET MAUI
Age: 5 yrs | Score: 39.4%
Age: 5 yrs | Score: 39.4%
Java
Age: 31 yrs | Score: 38.4%
Age: 31 yrs | Score: 38.4%
Typescript
Age: 14 yrs | Score: 37.8%
Age: 14 yrs | Score: 37.8%
laravel
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 37.5%
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 37.5%
Deno
Age: 8 yrs | Score: 37.3%
Age: 8 yrs | Score: 37.3%
Flutter
Age: 9 yrs | Score: 37.0%
Age: 9 yrs | Score: 37.0%
Swift
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 37.0%
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 37.0%
PostgreSQL
Age: 30 yrs | Score: 35.3%
Age: 30 yrs | Score: 35.3%
Nuxt.js
Age: 10 yrs | Score: 35.1%
Age: 10 yrs | Score: 35.1%
Supabase
Age: 6 yrs | Score: 32.5%
Age: 6 yrs | Score: 32.5%
Dart
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 32.0%
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 32.0%
Kubernetes
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 30.5%
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 30.5%
Spring boot
Age: 23 yrs | Score: 30.0%
Age: 23 yrs | Score: 30.0%
Astro
Age: 5 yrs | Score: 29.7%
Age: 5 yrs | Score: 29.7%
JavaScript
Age: 31 yrs | Score: 29.1%
Age: 31 yrs | Score: 29.1%
PHP
Age: 31 yrs | Score: 29.1%
Age: 31 yrs | Score: 29.1%
Docker
Age: 13 yrs | Score: 28.5%
Age: 13 yrs | Score: 28.5%
Node.js
Age: 17 yrs | Score: 28.4%
Age: 17 yrs | Score: 28.4%
FastAPI
Age: 8 yrs | Score: 28.3%
Age: 8 yrs | Score: 28.3%
.NET
Age: 24 yrs | Score: 27.7%
Age: 24 yrs | Score: 27.7%
Visual Studio Code
Age: 11 yrs | Score: 27.5%
Age: 11 yrs | Score: 27.5%
Angular
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 27.0%
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 27.0%
ASP.NET
Age: 24 yrs | Score: 26.9%
Age: 24 yrs | Score: 26.9%
Git
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 25.6%
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 25.6%
Python
Age: 35 yrs | Score: 24.8%
Age: 35 yrs | Score: 24.8%
React
Age: 13 yrs | Score: 24.1%
Age: 13 yrs | Score: 24.1%
Next.js
Age: 10 yrs | Score: 24.0%
Age: 10 yrs | Score: 24.0%
Go
Age: 17 yrs | Score: 23.7%
Age: 17 yrs | Score: 23.7%
Kotlin
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 21.3%
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 21.3%
Rust
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 11.0%
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 11.0%
React Native
Age: 11 yrs | Score: 9.3%
Age: 11 yrs | Score: 9.3%
Technology Age (Years)
3. Registry of Technologies
The following table presents the current assessment of technologies under review. A higher Deaditude Score indicates a greater likelihood that your resume needs updating.
| Technology | Category | Deaditude | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silverlight | framework | 99.6%▲ +2.7% | Dead |
| CodeIgniter | framework | 91.1%▲ +14.6% | Dead |
| Solar2D | framework | 83.9%▼ -0.1% | Certified Zombie |
| cordova | framework | 80.9%▼ -2.3% | Certified Zombie |
| NativeScript | framework | 80.3%▼ -5.3% | Certified Zombie |
| Xamarin | framework | 79.7%▲ +5.6% | Certified Zombie |
| Gatsby | framework | 77.0%▲ +2.6% | Certified Zombie |
| Vagrant | tool | 76.2%▲ +3.9% | Certified Zombie |
| angular.js | framework | 76.0%▲ +5.6% | Certified Zombie |
| backbonejs | framework | 75.4%▼ -12.4% | Certified Zombie |
| Ember.js | framework | 75.0%▼ -10.5% | Certified Zombie |
| Drupal | framework | 68.3%▲ +3.0% | Dying Slowly |
| Scala | language | 64.8%▲ +4.4% | Dying Slowly |
| Express js | framework | 64.5%▲ +5.7% | Dying Slowly |
| jQuery | tool | 64.5%▲ +5.5% | Dying Slowly |
| Cake PHP | framework | 62.8%▲ +8.2% | Dying Slowly |
| Joomla! CMS | framework | 61.6%▼ -4.2% | Dying Slowly |
| Phoenix Framework | framework | 60.2%▼ -4.6% | Dying Slowly |
| Avalonia | framework | 60.1%▲ +4.8% | Dying Slowly |
| elm | language | 59.7%▼ -1.4% | Dying Slowly |
| Orleans | framework | 57.3%▲ +0.3% | Dying Slowly |
| Laravel Livewire | framework | 55.9%▼ -7.9% | Dying Slowly |
| Ionic | framework | 55.3%▲ +4.5% | Dying Slowly |
| October CMS | framework | 55.3%▼ -2.2% | Dying Slowly |
| Lynx | framework | 54.9%▼ -0.5% | Dying Slowly |
| meteor | framework | 54.3%▼ -12.8% | Dying Slowly |
| Vue.js | framework | 54.1%▲ +4.9% | Dying Slowly |
| Perl | language | 53.5%▲ +3.6% | Dying Slowly |
| Symfony | framework | 51.9%▼ -12.3% | Dying Slowly |
| C# | language | 50.8%▲ +18.7% | Dying Slowly |
| Capacitor | framework | 49.5%▲ +3.2% | Stable & Mature |
| Microsoft Azure | platform | 49.4%▲ +5.0% | Stable & Mature |
| Ansible | platform | 48.6%▼ -0.2% | Stable & Mature |
| Ruby | language | 48.0%▼ -17.7% | Stable & Mature |
| Actix Web | framework | 47.9%▲ +2.5% | Stable & Mature |
| django | framework | 47.9%▲ +7.9% | Stable & Mature |
| Elixir | language | 47.2%▼ -7.0% | Stable & Mature |
| NestJS | framework | 46.8%▲ +4.0% | Stable & Mature |
| Flask | framework | 46.7%▼ -4.8% | Stable & Mature |
| Firebase | platform | 46.6%▲ +1.8% | Stable & Mature |
| strapi | tool | 46.6%▲ +4.1% | Stable & Mature |
| Ruby on Rails | framework | 46.1%▲ +0.8% | Stable & Mature |
| Svelte | framework | 45.7%▲ +5.8% | Stable & Mature |
| Axum | framework | 45.1%▼ -1.7% | Stable & Mature |
| Compose Multiplatform | framework | 45.1%▼ -11.2% | Stable & Mature |
| Terraform | tool | 45.0%▼ -1.2% | Stable & Mature |
| MySQL | platform | 44.9%▼ -6.8% | Stable & Mature |
| Amazon Web Services | platform | 44.7%▼ -2.8% | Stable & Mature |
| Tailwind | framework | 43.5%▼ -2.4% | Stable & Mature |
| MongoDB | platform | 42.2%▲ +2.9% | Stable & Mature |
| Magento | framework | 41.8%▼ -12.6% | Stable & Mature |
| WordPress | tool | 41.5%▲ +7.1% | Stable & Mature |
| Electron | framework | 40.7%▼ -5.1% | Stable & Mature |
| .NET MAUI | framework | 39.4%▼ -6.0% | Stable & Mature |
| Java | language | 38.4%▲ +4.4% | Stable & Mature |
| Typescript | language | 37.8%▲ +4.0% | Stable & Mature |
| laravel | framework | 37.5%▼ -2.4% | Stable & Mature |
| Deno | platform | 37.3%▼ -2.1% | Stable & Mature |
| Flutter | framework | 37.0%▼ -3.2% | Stable & Mature |
| Swift | language | 37.0%▼ -2.4% | Stable & Mature |
| PostgreSQL | platform | 35.3%▼ -2.8% | Stable & Mature |
| Nuxt.js | framework | 35.1%▼ -0.2% | Stable & Mature |
| Supabase | tool | 32.5%▼ -2.3% | Stable & Mature |
| Dart | language | 32.0%▼ -2.0% | Stable & Mature |
| Kubernetes | platform | 30.5%▲ +14.8% | Stable & Mature |
| Spring boot | framework | 30.0%▲ +11.4% | Stable & Mature |
| Astro | framework | 29.7%▼ -6.7% | Stable & Mature |
| JavaScript | language | 29.1%▲ +2.4% | Stable & Mature |
| PHP | language | 29.1%▼ -5.3% | Stable & Mature |
| Docker | tool | 28.5%▼ -11.4% | Stable & Mature |
| Node.js | framework | 28.4%▲ +0.5% | Stable & Mature |
| FastAPI | framework | 28.3%▲ +1.5% | Stable & Mature |
| .NET | platform | 27.7%▼ -2.9% | Stable & Mature |
| Visual Studio Code | tool | 27.5%▼ -13.8% | Stable & Mature |
| Angular | framework | 27.0%▲ +6.6% | Stable & Mature |
| ASP.NET | framework | 26.9%▼ -8.2% | Stable & Mature |
| Git | tool | 25.6%▼ -3.3% | Stable & Mature |
| Python | language | 24.8%▲ +2.6% | Accidentally Alive |
| React | framework | 24.1%▼ -8.3% | Accidentally Alive |
| Next.js | framework | 24.0%▲ +4.6% | Accidentally Alive |
| Go | language | 23.7%▲ +2.1% | Accidentally Alive |
| Kotlin | language | 21.3%▼ -5.8% | Accidentally Alive |
| Rust | language | 11.0%▼ -6.1% | Accidentally Alive |
| React Native | framework | 9.3%▼ -16.4% | Accidentally Alive |
4. Contributions
The community is encouraged to contribute data points to our analysis. If you are currently maintaining a project built with a technology listed here (bless your heart), you may submit it for peer review on the respective technology's page.