1. Executive Summary
64.8%Dead
▲ Worsening (+7.9% since last check)
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Clinical Notes | "The GitHub issues page is mostly just people asking if the project is abandoned." |
| Classification | framework |
| Age | 12 years (est. 2014) |
2. Algorithmic Evaluation
The following mathematical model was applied to evaluate the existential footprint of Phoenix Framework. The deaditude score is heavily influenced by the components listed below.
D =fage × ∑i=1nWbase,i · qi∑ Wbase,j · qjCi
Where Ci ∈ {GH, SO, RE, HN, YT, JB}
Figure 1: Existential Footprint
Radar analysis mapping the six distinct vectors of existential threat.
Figure 2: Historical Deaditude Evolution
Expected Extinction Date (Approximation): Immortal / Stable
Chronological evolution of existential threat.
2. Clinical Analysis
2.1 Diagnostic Metrics
The following objective indicators have been collected to determine the existential status of this technology:
Codebase Vitality (GitHub)
- Stars: 23,067
- Forks: 3,077
- Open Issues: 16
- Issues Closed Ratio: 0.0%
- Recent Commits (last month): 40
- Days Since Last Commit: 0
- Contributors Count: 100
- Trend Direction: stable
- Trend Growth Rate: 0.0%
Community Cry for Help (StackOverflow)
- Total Questions (recent): 0
- Answered Ratio: 0.0%
- Accepted Ratio: 0.0%
- Zero Answer Ratio: 0.0%
- Median Response Time (hr): N/A
- Days Since Last Activity: 0
- Trend Direction: stable
Hype & Propaganda (YouTube)
- Recent Videos: 26
- Average Views: 8,378.7
Despair & Existential Dread (Reddit)
- Reddit Posts (recent): 67
- Average Upvotes: 20.9
- Trend Direction: stable
- Trend Growth Rate: 14.3%
Intellectual Discourse (Hacker News)
- Mentions (recent): 9
- Average Points: 29.0
- Days Since Last Post: 18
Corporate Adoption (StackShare & Jobs)
- Stacks Using It: 304
- StackShare Followers: 0
- StackShare Upvotes: 0
- StackShare Mentions: 0
- Open Job Postings: 97
- Jobs Trend Direction: stable
- Jobs Trend Growth Rate: 0.0%
Data retrieved at: 7/4/2026
Appendix A: Recent YouTube Propaganda
| Thumbnail | Video Details | Views |
|---|---|---|
 | Evaluation & Observability in AI agents Channel: Sentickai | 70 |
 | 100 hours of Hermes Agent lessons in 46 minutes Channel: David Ondrej | 138649 |
 | What is New in Phoenix 8.8 Channel: Certara | 86 |
 | 1 Hour Building with Tidewave || Elixir || Phoenix Web Application Channel: Tracey Onim | 56 |
 | Local SEO Keyword Research Tutorial For Local Businesses Channel: Surfside PPC | 462 |
Appendix B: Reddit Despair Logs
| Post Title | Score | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| I thought you were all joking about pattern matching and how Elixir changes your thinking. I was wrong | 89 | 23 |
| LiveStash v1.0.0: Persist Phoenix LiveView state across reconnects | 74 | 3 |
| [Podcast] Thinking Elixir 309: The Final Episode | 69 | 12 |
| Elixir job market is a desert right now, what happens? | 65 | 44 |
| Hologram v0.10: Events, Middleware, and More | 57 | 4 |
Appendix C: Hacker News Discourse
| Topic | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Show HN: Phive, a Gomoku-like game to play with friends or solo | 19 | 9 |
| Phoenix LiveView 1.2 | 203 | 58 |
| TypedChannels: E2E type-safe Phoenix channels with Ash Framework | 8 | 0 |
| Show HN: An SSR Java framework for real-time user interfaces and AI agents | 1 | 0 |
| Framework Computer to Announce Their Next-Gen Hardware Later This Month | 4 | 1 |
Appendix E: Historical Deaditude Scores
| Date | Deaditude Score | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| 7/4/2026 | 64.8% | Dying Slowly |
| 6/24/2026 | 56.9% | Dying Slowly |
| 6/10/2026 | 54.7% | Dying Slowly |
| 5/27/2026 | 50.5% | Dying Slowly |
| 5/14/2026 | 49.1% | Stable & Mature |
| 4/30/2026 | 56.4% | Dying Slowly |
| 4/16/2026 | 58.9% | Dying Slowly |
| 4/3/2026 | 54.9% | Dying Slowly |
| 3/20/2026 | 46.1% | Stable & Mature |
| 3/6/2026 | 62.2% | Dying Slowly |
| 2/21/2026 | 58.6% | Dying Slowly |
| 2/7/2026 | 57.3% | Dying Slowly |
| 1/24/2026 | 61.7% | Dying Slowly |
| 1/11/2026 | 60.4% | Dying Slowly |
| 12/28/2025 | 60.0% | Dying Slowly |
| 12/14/2025 | 50.9% | Dying Slowly |
| 12/1/2025 | 47.0% | Stable & Mature |
| 11/17/2025 | 51.7% | Dying Slowly |
| 11/4/2025 | 53.6% | Dying Slowly |
| 10/22/2025 | 57.3% | Dying Slowly |
| 10/8/2025 | 57.4% | Dying Slowly |
| 9/24/2025 | 59.9% | Dying Slowly |
| 9/11/2025 | 52.7% | Dying Slowly |
| 8/28/2025 | 44.4% | Stable & Mature |
| 8/14/2025 | 50.0% | Dying Slowly |
| 8/1/2025 | 47.6% | Stable & Mature |
| 7/18/2025 | 52.4% | Dying Slowly |
| 7/4/2025 | 59.5% | Dying Slowly |
| 6/21/2025 | 54.6% | Dying Slowly |
| 6/7/2025 | 56.6% | Dying Slowly |
| 5/12/2025 | 66.4% | Dying Slowly |
| 5/8/2025 | 71.8% | Dying Slowly |
| 5/3/2025 | 61.4% | Dying Slowly |