Is This Tech Dead? - Is This Tech Dead?Abstract<br>This document presents an ongoing, highly scientific, and definitely unbiased analysis of various technologies to determine their level of relevance, or 'Deaditude'. We examine numerous extremely objective indicators to provide a definitive score. Below is the current registry of technologies and their respective existential statuses.

Published by: jobehi, danielmeza, anttironty, BenoitPrmt, shakib04, tyrann0us, kalaniscott<br>& The Open Source Community<br>1. Introduction<br>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<br>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.<br>Deaditude Score (%)<br>Silverlight Age: 19 yrs | Score: 94.6%<br>NativeScript Age: 12 yrs | Score: 91.5%<br>backbonejs Age: 16 yrs | Score: 87.6%<br>Solar2D Age: 17 yrs | Score: 87.3%<br>Vagrant Age: 16 yrs | Score: 85.7%<br>Ember.js Age: 15 yrs | Score: 85.5%<br>Xamarin Age: 15 yrs | Score: 84.3%<br>cordova Age: 17 yrs | Score: 83.2%<br>Gatsby Age: 11 yrs | Score: 77.3%<br>Joomla! CMS Age: 21 yrs | Score: 76.7%<br>CodeIgniter Age: 20 yrs | Score: 76.5%<br>Magento Age: 18 yrs | Score: 70.5%<br>October CMS Age: 12 yrs | Score: 68.6%<br>meteor Age: 14 yrs | Score: 67.1%<br>Ionic Age: 13 yrs | Score: 66.9%<br>Ruby Age: 31 yrs | Score: 65.7%<br>Laravel Livewire Age: 7 yrs | Score: 65.4%<br>Drupal Age: 25 yrs | Score: 65.3%<br>Phoenix Framework Age: 12 yrs | Score: 64.8%<br>Avalonia Age: 13 yrs | Score: 64.7%<br>Symfony Age: 21 yrs | Score: 64.2%<br>Express js Age: 16 yrs | Score: 63.9%<br>Capacitor Age: 6 yrs | Score: 62.3%<br>jQuery Age: 20 yrs | Score: 62.0%<br>angular.js Age: 16 yrs | Score: 61.6%<br>Orleans Age: 12 yrs | Score: 61.1%<br>Scala Age: 22 yrs | Score: 60.4%<br>elm Age: 14 yrs | Score: 57.6%<br>Nuxt.js Age: 10 yrs | Score: 56.0%<br>strapi Age: 11 yrs | Score: 55.6%<br>Lynx Age: 1 yrs | Score: 55.4%<br>Cake PHP Age: 21 yrs | Score: 54.6%<br>Elixir Age: 15 yrs | Score: 54.2%<br>Deno Age: 8 yrs | Score: 53.7%<br>Flask Age: 16 yrs | Score: 51.5%<br>Perl Age: 39 yrs | Score: 49.9%<br>Compose Multiplatform Age: 6 yrs | Score: 49.7%<br>Ansible Age: 14 yrs | Score: 49.2%<br>Vue.js Age: 12 yrs | Score: 49.2%<br>Ruby on Rails Age: 21 yrs | Score: 48.7%<br>Amazon Web Services Age: 20 yrs | Score: 47.5%<br>Svelte Age: 10 yrs | Score: 46.8%<br>Terraform Age: 12 yrs | Score: 46.2%<br>.NET MAUI Age: 5 yrs | Score: 45.4%<br>Tailwind Age: 9 yrs | Score: 44.9%<br>django Age: 21 yrs | Score: 44.4%<br>Microsoft Azure Age: 16 yrs | Score: 44.4%<br>Node.js Age: 17 yrs | Score: 43.8%<br>NestJS Age: 9 yrs | Score: 42.8%<br>MySQL Age: 31 yrs | Score: 42.4%<br>Electron Age: 13 yrs | Score: 42.2%<br>PHP Age: 31 yrs | Score: 41.4%<br>Visual Studio Code Age: 11 yrs | Score: 41.3%<br>Flutter Age: 9 yrs | Score: 40.2%<br>laravel Age: 15 yrs | Score: 40.0%<br>Docker Age: 13 yrs | Score: 39.9%<br>Swift Age: 12 yrs | Score: 39.4%<br>MongoDB Age: 17 yrs | Score: 39.3%<br>Angular Age: 16 yrs | Score: 38.7%<br>Typescript Age: 14 yrs | Score: 38.4%<br>ASP.NET Age: 24 yrs | Score: 36.5%<br>Astro Age: 5 yrs | Score: 36.4%<br>PostgreSQL Age: 30 yrs | Score: 34.9%<br>Supabase Age: 6 yrs | Score: 34.8%<br>WordPress Age: 23 yrs | Score: 34.4%<br>Dart Age: 15 yrs | Score: 34.0%<br>Java Age: 31 yrs | Score: 34.0%<br>React Age: 13 yrs | Score: 32.4%<br>C# Age: 26 yrs | Score: 32.1%<br>FastAPI Age: 8 yrs | Score: 30.8%<br>.NET Age: 24 yrs | Score: 30.6%<br>Git Age: 21 yrs | Score: 28.9%<br>Firebase Age: 15 yrs | Score: 28.1%<br>Kotlin Age: 15 yrs | Score: 27.1%<br>JavaScript Age: 31 yrs | Score: 26.7%<br>React Native Age: 11 yrs | Score: 25.7%<br>Rust Age: 16 yrs | Score: 23.0%<br>Python Age: 35 yrs | Score: 22.2%<br>Go Age: 17 yrs | Score: 21.6%<br>Next.js Age: 10 yrs | Score: 19.4%<br>Spring boot Age: 23 yrs | Score: 18.6%<br>Kubernetes Age: 12 yrs | Score: 15.7%

Technology Age (Years)<br>Figure 1: Scatter plot of existential dread. Older technologies tend to either stabilize or decay rapidly.

3. Registry of Technologies<br>The following table presents the current assessment of technologies under review. A higher Deaditude Score indicates a greater likelihood that your resume needs updating.<br>All CategoriesFrontendBackendDatabaseLanguageOtherSort by Name (A-Z)Sort by Deaditude (Highest First)Sort by Deaditude (Lowest First)<br>TechnologyCategoryDeaditudeAssessmentSilverlight framework94.6%▲ +1.2%DeadNativeScript framework91.5%▼ -0.1%Deadbackbonejs framework87.6%▼ -1.1%DeadSolar2D framework87.3%▲ +1.5%DeadVagrant tool85.7%▲ +9.5%DeadEmber.js framework85.5%▲ +8.9%DeadXamarin framework84.3%▲ +4.5%Certified Zombiecordova framework83.2%▼ -0.4%Certified ZombieGatsby framework77.3%▼ -0.7%Certified ZombieJoomla! CMS framework76.7%▲ +0.8%Certified ZombieCodeIgniter framework76.5%▼...