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: 96.9%
Age: 19 yrs | Score: 96.9%
NativeScript
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 91.5%
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 91.5%
backbonejs
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 87.6%
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 87.6%
Solar2D
Age: 17 yrs | Score: 87.3%
Age: 17 yrs | Score: 87.3%
Vagrant
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 85.7%
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 85.7%
Ember.js
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 85.5%
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 85.5%
Xamarin
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 84.3%
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 84.3%
cordova
Age: 17 yrs | Score: 83.2%
Age: 17 yrs | Score: 83.2%
Gatsby
Age: 11 yrs | Score: 77.3%
Age: 11 yrs | Score: 77.3%
Joomla! CMS
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 76.7%
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 76.7%
CodeIgniter
Age: 20 yrs | Score: 76.5%
Age: 20 yrs | Score: 76.5%
Magento
Age: 18 yrs | Score: 70.5%
Age: 18 yrs | Score: 70.5%
October CMS
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 68.6%
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 68.6%
meteor
Age: 14 yrs | Score: 67.1%
Age: 14 yrs | Score: 67.1%
Ionic
Age: 13 yrs | Score: 66.9%
Age: 13 yrs | Score: 66.9%
Ruby
Age: 31 yrs | Score: 65.7%
Age: 31 yrs | Score: 65.7%
Laravel Livewire
Age: 7 yrs | Score: 65.4%
Age: 7 yrs | Score: 65.4%
Drupal
Age: 25 yrs | Score: 65.3%
Age: 25 yrs | Score: 65.3%
Phoenix Framework
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 64.8%
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 64.8%
Avalonia
Age: 13 yrs | Score: 64.7%
Age: 13 yrs | Score: 64.7%
Symfony
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 64.2%
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 64.2%
Express js
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 63.9%
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 63.9%
Capacitor
Age: 6 yrs | Score: 62.3%
Age: 6 yrs | Score: 62.3%
angular.js
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 61.6%
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 61.6%
Orleans
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 61.1%
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 61.1%
Scala
Age: 22 yrs | Score: 60.4%
Age: 22 yrs | Score: 60.4%
jQuery
Age: 20 yrs | Score: 59.0%
Age: 20 yrs | Score: 59.0%
elm
Age: 14 yrs | Score: 57.6%
Age: 14 yrs | Score: 57.6%
Nuxt.js
Age: 10 yrs | Score: 56.0%
Age: 10 yrs | Score: 56.0%
strapi
Age: 11 yrs | Score: 55.6%
Age: 11 yrs | Score: 55.6%
Lynx
Age: 1 yrs | Score: 55.4%
Age: 1 yrs | Score: 55.4%
Cake PHP
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 54.6%
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 54.6%
Elixir
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 54.2%
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 54.2%
Flask
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 51.5%
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 51.5%
Perl
Age: 39 yrs | Score: 49.9%
Age: 39 yrs | Score: 49.9%
Compose Multiplatform
Age: 6 yrs | Score: 49.7%
Age: 6 yrs | Score: 49.7%
Ansible
Age: 14 yrs | Score: 49.2%
Age: 14 yrs | Score: 49.2%
Vue.js
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 49.2%
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 49.2%
Amazon Web Services
Age: 20 yrs | Score: 47.5%
Age: 20 yrs | Score: 47.5%
Svelte
Age: 10 yrs | Score: 46.8%
Age: 10 yrs | Score: 46.8%
Terraform
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 46.2%
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 46.2%
.NET MAUI
Age: 5 yrs | Score: 45.4%
Age: 5 yrs | Score: 45.4%
Ruby on Rails
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 45.3%
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 45.3%
Tailwind
Age: 9 yrs | Score: 44.9%
Age: 9 yrs | Score: 44.9%
django
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 44.4%
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 44.4%
Microsoft Azure
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 44.4%
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 44.4%
NestJS
Age: 9 yrs | Score: 42.8%
Age: 9 yrs | Score: 42.8%
MySQL
Age: 31 yrs | Score: 42.4%
Age: 31 yrs | Score: 42.4%
Electron
Age: 13 yrs | Score: 42.2%
Age: 13 yrs | Score: 42.2%
PHP
Age: 31 yrs | Score: 41.4%
Age: 31 yrs | Score: 41.4%
Visual Studio Code
Age: 11 yrs | Score: 41.3%
Age: 11 yrs | Score: 41.3%
Flutter
Age: 9 yrs | Score: 40.2%
Age: 9 yrs | Score: 40.2%
Docker
Age: 13 yrs | Score: 39.9%
Age: 13 yrs | Score: 39.9%
laravel
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 39.9%
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 39.9%
Deno
Age: 8 yrs | Score: 39.4%
Age: 8 yrs | Score: 39.4%
Swift
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 39.4%
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 39.4%
MongoDB
Age: 17 yrs | Score: 39.3%
Age: 17 yrs | Score: 39.3%
Angular
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 38.7%
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 38.7%
Typescript
Age: 14 yrs | Score: 38.4%
Age: 14 yrs | Score: 38.4%
ASP.NET
Age: 24 yrs | Score: 36.5%
Age: 24 yrs | Score: 36.5%
Astro
Age: 5 yrs | Score: 36.4%
Age: 5 yrs | Score: 36.4%
PostgreSQL
Age: 30 yrs | Score: 34.9%
Age: 30 yrs | Score: 34.9%
Supabase
Age: 6 yrs | Score: 34.8%
Age: 6 yrs | Score: 34.8%
WordPress
Age: 23 yrs | Score: 34.4%
Age: 23 yrs | Score: 34.4%
Dart
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 34.0%
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 34.0%
Java
Age: 31 yrs | Score: 34.0%
Age: 31 yrs | Score: 34.0%
React
Age: 13 yrs | Score: 32.4%
Age: 13 yrs | Score: 32.4%
C#
Age: 26 yrs | Score: 32.1%
Age: 26 yrs | Score: 32.1%
FastAPI
Age: 8 yrs | Score: 30.8%
Age: 8 yrs | Score: 30.8%
.NET
Age: 24 yrs | Score: 30.6%
Age: 24 yrs | Score: 30.6%
Git
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 28.9%
Age: 21 yrs | Score: 28.9%
Firebase
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 28.1%
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 28.1%
Node.js
Age: 17 yrs | Score: 27.9%
Age: 17 yrs | Score: 27.9%
Kotlin
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 27.1%
Age: 15 yrs | Score: 27.1%
JavaScript
Age: 31 yrs | Score: 26.7%
Age: 31 yrs | Score: 26.7%
React Native
Age: 11 yrs | Score: 25.7%
Age: 11 yrs | Score: 25.7%
Rust
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 23.0%
Age: 16 yrs | Score: 23.0%
Python
Age: 35 yrs | Score: 22.2%
Age: 35 yrs | Score: 22.2%
Go
Age: 17 yrs | Score: 21.6%
Age: 17 yrs | Score: 21.6%
Next.js
Age: 10 yrs | Score: 19.4%
Age: 10 yrs | Score: 19.4%
Spring boot
Age: 23 yrs | Score: 18.6%
Age: 23 yrs | Score: 18.6%
Kubernetes
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 15.7%
Age: 12 yrs | Score: 15.7%
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 | 96.9%▲ +2.3% | Dead |
| NativeScript | framework | 91.5%▼ -0.1% | Dead |
| backbonejs | framework | 87.6%▼ -1.1% | Dead |
| Solar2D | framework | 87.3%▲ +1.5% | Dead |
| Vagrant | tool | 85.7%▲ +9.5% | Dead |
| Ember.js | framework | 85.5%▲ +8.9% | Dead |
| Xamarin | framework | 84.3%▲ +4.5% | Certified Zombie |
| cordova | framework | 83.2%▼ -0.4% | Certified Zombie |
| Gatsby | framework | 77.3%▼ -0.7% | Certified Zombie |
| Joomla! CMS | framework | 76.7%▲ +0.8% | Certified Zombie |
| CodeIgniter | framework | 76.5%▼ -6.1% | Certified Zombie |
| Magento | framework | 70.5%▲ +13.7% | Dying Slowly |
| October CMS | framework | 68.6%▼ -3.2% | Dying Slowly |
| meteor | framework | 67.1%▼ -6.6% | Dying Slowly |
| Ionic | framework | 66.9%▲ +12.4% | Dying Slowly |
| Ruby | language | 65.7%▲ +16.0% | Dying Slowly |
| Laravel Livewire | framework | 65.4%▲ +0.5% | Dying Slowly |
| Drupal | framework | 65.3%▼ -4.5% | Dying Slowly |
| Phoenix Framework | framework | 64.8%▲ +7.9% | Dying Slowly |
| Avalonia | framework | 64.7%▲ +8.4% | Dying Slowly |
| Symfony | framework | 64.2%▲ +4.2% | Dying Slowly |
| Express js | framework | 63.9%▲ +0.8% | Dying Slowly |
| Capacitor | framework | 62.3%▲ +15.9% | Dying Slowly |
| angular.js | framework | 61.6%▼ -1.7% | Dying Slowly |
| Orleans | framework | 61.1%▲ +2.7% | Dying Slowly |
| Scala | language | 60.4%▲ +8.1% | Dying Slowly |
| jQuery | tool | 59.0%▼ -3.0% | Dying Slowly |
| elm | language | 57.6%▼ -8.5% | Dying Slowly |
| Nuxt.js | framework | 56.0%▼ -1.9% | Dying Slowly |
| strapi | tool | 55.6%▼ -7.3% | Dying Slowly |
| Lynx | framework | 55.4%▼ -21.2% | Dying Slowly |
| Cake PHP | framework | 54.6%▼ -13.6% | Dying Slowly |
| Elixir | language | 54.2%▲ +4.1% | Dying Slowly |
| Flask | framework | 51.5%▲ +9.5% | Dying Slowly |
| Perl | language | 49.9%▲ +8.9% | Stable & Mature |
| Compose Multiplatform | framework | 49.7%▼ -8.6% | Stable & Mature |
| Ansible | platform | 49.2%▼ -8.2% | Stable & Mature |
| Vue.js | framework | 49.2%▼ -6.7% | Stable & Mature |
| Amazon Web Services | platform | 47.5%▲ +15.7% | Stable & Mature |
| Svelte | framework | 46.8%▲ +5.1% | Stable & Mature |
| Terraform | tool | 46.2%▼ -5.4% | Stable & Mature |
| .NET MAUI | framework | 45.4%▲ +12.8% | Stable & Mature |
| Ruby on Rails | framework | 45.3%▼ -3.4% | Stable & Mature |
| Tailwind | framework | 44.9%▼ -1.0% | Stable & Mature |
| django | framework | 44.4%▲ +14.3% | Stable & Mature |
| Microsoft Azure | platform | 44.4%▼ -9.8% | Stable & Mature |
| NestJS | framework | 42.8%▼ -12.9% | Stable & Mature |
| MySQL | platform | 42.4%▲ +6.9% | Stable & Mature |
| Electron | framework | 42.2%▲ +5.9% | Stable & Mature |
| PHP | language | 41.4%▲ +0.1% | Stable & Mature |
| Visual Studio Code | tool | 41.3%▲ +8.9% | Stable & Mature |
| Flutter | framework | 40.2%▲ +7.5% | Stable & Mature |
| Docker | tool | 39.9%▲ +9.9% | Stable & Mature |
| laravel | framework | 39.9%▼ -0.1% | Stable & Mature |
| Deno | platform | 39.4%▼ -14.3% | Stable & Mature |
| Swift | language | 39.4%▲ +4.6% | Stable & Mature |
| MongoDB | platform | 39.3%▼ -0.5% | Stable & Mature |
| Angular | framework | 38.7%▲ +1.4% | Stable & Mature |
| Typescript | language | 38.4%▼ -3.8% | Stable & Mature |
| ASP.NET | framework | 36.5%▼ -8.9% | Stable & Mature |
| Astro | framework | 36.4%▼ -18.3% | Stable & Mature |
| PostgreSQL | platform | 34.9%▲ +12.8% | Stable & Mature |
| Supabase | tool | 34.8%▼ -10.7% | Stable & Mature |
| WordPress | tool | 34.4%▲ +6.1% | Stable & Mature |
| Dart | language | 34.0%▼ -12.1% | Stable & Mature |
| Java | language | 34.0%▼ -4.1% | Stable & Mature |
| React | framework | 32.4%▼ -7.7% | Stable & Mature |
| C# | language | 32.1%▼ -0.5% | Stable & Mature |
| FastAPI | framework | 30.8%▼ -16.7% | Stable & Mature |
| .NET | platform | 30.6%▲ +4.5% | Stable & Mature |
| Git | tool | 28.9%▲ +0.2% | Stable & Mature |
| Firebase | platform | 28.1%▼ -22.5% | Stable & Mature |
| Node.js | framework | 27.9%▼ -15.9% | Stable & Mature |
| Kotlin | language | 27.1%▼ -15.9% | Stable & Mature |
| JavaScript | language | 26.7%▼ -0.1% | Stable & Mature |
| React Native | framework | 25.7%▼ -10.4% | Stable & Mature |
| Rust | language | 23.0%▲ +2.1% | Accidentally Alive |
| Python | language | 22.2%▲ +3.5% | Accidentally Alive |
| Go | language | 21.6%▼ -2.9% | Accidentally Alive |
| Next.js | framework | 19.4%▼ -23.1% | Accidentally Alive |
| Spring boot | framework | 18.6%▼ -13.2% | Accidentally Alive |
| Kubernetes | platform | 15.7%▼ -16.7% | 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.