Is Ansible dead?
Deaditude Score:
48.6%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Hasn't crashed in years. Neither has its GitHub star count.
*Data last collected: 18 Aug 2025, so it might be even worse now, sorry.
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🔬Component Breakdown
Dissecting the digital corpse
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Codebase Activity
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Reddit Drama
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Youtube Clickbaits
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Stackoverflow copypasting
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Job offering
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Companies adoption
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
Hacker News Hype
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
⏱️ Tech Lifecycle Position
Has reached maturity with slowing innovation and some early warning signs of potential future decline.
INNOVATION
ADOPTION
PEAK
DECLINE
OBSOLESCENCE
⚠️
2012
GitHub Pulse
Maintenance Mode
Weekly Commit Activity
52 weeks agoNow
Stars
0
total stars
Forks
0
total forks
Open PRs
0
open pull requests
Recent Commits
0
last 30 days
Contributors
0
active developers
Pulse Check
No data
trend assessment
Stack Overflow Analysis
Holding On
Question Metrics
Total Questions
17
Answer Rate
53%
Acceptance Rate
29%
Growth
-56%
Recent Questions
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void
Community Size
71,458
Subscribers
14
Active Users
Activity Metrics
55
Posts
5.9
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-52.4%
Significant drop
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysI automated my Linux dev setup using Ansible — from shell to window manager
r/ansible28 days ago
38(93%)6
Best place to learn ansible efficiently
r/ansible1 months ago
31(92%)23
Ansible-core 2.19 Breaking Networking Modules
r/ansible1 months ago
25(96%)23
Best course to start from scratch
r/ansible1 months ago
15(94%)8
Event: Ansible @ AWS re:Invent in December
r/ansible20 days ago
11(100%)0
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Not exactly a hot skill, but beats having 'Excel' as your top tech.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
13,024🇮🇳India
3,248🇫🇷France
3,065🇩🇪Germany
1,572🇬🇧United Kingdom
884🇨🇦Canada
705Market Summary
22,498
Total Jobs
🏢
70,660
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.
Reality Check
Marketable Skill Alert!
Ansible is still paying the bills in 6 countries. Silicon Valley approves.
Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.
🔸 Hacker News Discourse
HN Darling
Ansible gets moderate attention on HN. Neither cool nor uncool - just meh.
Mentions
23
Posts
Community Interest
Average points43.5
Moderate buzz
HN Verdict
The bikeshedding is strong with this thread.
HN karma potential
8/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
We moved from AWS to Hetzner, saved 90%, kept ISO 27001 with Ansible
2 months ago
300194
Red Hat Ansible and HashiCorp Terraform Will Be Coming Together
3 months ago
3812
Terraform and Ansible is not enough
3 months ago
41
Sparrow as a Drop-In Replacement of Ansible
27 days ago
22
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Crickets
Creators would get more views livestreaming themselves sleeping than talking about Ansible.
Content Metrics
1
Videos
125
Total Views
Content trend: Stable0.0%
Average Engagement
125
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Ansible:
DCR Virtual Classroom
Hobby Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
7.Complete Kubernetes Replication Controller Tutorial Telugu | DevOps | K8s Self-Healing Pods 2025
DCR Virtual Classroom
NaN years ago
63
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 18 Aug 2025 | 48.6% |
| 4 Aug 2025 | 39.5% |
| 21 Jul 2025 | 46.3% |
| 8 Jul 2025 | 47.4% |
| 24 Jun 2025 | 39.1% |
| 10 Jun 2025 | 34.4% |
| 28 May 2025 | 46.4% |
| 9 May 2025 | 40.9% |
| 4 May 2025 | 40.2% |
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