May 25
Yes. By every objective measure, PowerBuilder is legacy technology in 2026. It does not appear in the TIOBE top 20, universities stopped…
PowerBuilder has 0.03% market share, doesn't appear in the TIOBE top 20, and universities stopped teaching it years ago. But nearly 10,000 companies still run it in production. Legacy? Yes. Dead? Not even close. We broke down what that actually means for organizations still maintaining PowerBuilder apps.