Is Ansible dead?
Deaditude Score:
36.3%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Predictable, constant, and unlikely to appear on any conference t-shirts.
*Data last collected: 14 Sept 2025, so it might be even worse now, sorry.
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🔬Component Breakdown
Dissecting the digital corpse
This is supposed to be an ad
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 achieved stable mainstream adoption with robust community support and established patterns.
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
6
Answer Rate
67%
Acceptance Rate
67%
Growth
-33%
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void
Community Size
72,004
Subscribers
16
Active Users
Activity Metrics
46
Posts
5.0
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-31.6%
Losing steam
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysWhat would you do in Ansible Automation Platform if you could start again?
r/ansible2 days ago
17(90%)13
Need recommendation for Ansible course on Udemy.
r/ansible16 days ago
16(83%)14
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Not exactly a hot skill, but beats having 'Excel' as your top tech.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
12,159🇮🇳India
3,428🇫🇷France
3,271🇩🇪Germany
1,867🇬🇧United Kingdom
928🇨🇦Canada
670Market Summary
22,323
Total Jobs
🏢
72,088
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
19
Posts
Community Interest
Average points52.6
Noteworthy
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
Sparrow as a Drop-In Replacement of Ansible
1 months ago
22
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Barely Watched
YouTubers discovered Ansible generates ad revenue. Brace for 10:01 videos.
Content Metrics
9
Videos
32.4K
Total Views
Content trend: Explosive growth+150.0%
Average Engagement
3.6K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Ansible:
VirtualizationHowto
YouTube Royalty
Tech With Diego
Hobby Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
Automate Your Home Lab with Terraform, Packer, Ansible & GitLab CI/CD (2025 Tutorial)
VirtualizationHowto
1 months ago
51314
Best Home Lab Automation Tool: Semaphore UI
VirtualizationHowto
1 months ago
3518
1 months ago
192
Ansible Automation Course Series #1 - What is Ansible & Ansible Server Setup Tutorial
LearnITGuide Tutorials
27 days ago
197
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 14 Sept 2025 | 36.3% |
| 31 Aug 2025 | 35.3% |
| 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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