Is Ansible dead?
Deaditude Score:
40.9%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> You could build the next 100 years of legacy systems with this. Is that a good thing?
*Data last collected: 9 May 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 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
64,952
total stars
Forks
24,020
total forks
Open PRs
552
open pull requests
Recent Commits
45
last 30 days
Contributors
100
active developers
Pulse Check
Stable
trend assessment
Language Distribution
Python88.0%
PowerShell6.6%
Shell2.7%
C#2.2%
Jinja0.4%
Stack Overflow Analysis
Needs Help
Question Metrics
Total Questions
21
Answer Rate
52%
Acceptance Rate
29%
Growth
+25%
Recent Questions
Bash script trigger Ansible playbook runs, randomly it stops without error
Answered76 views
linuxbashansible
Apply multiple regexp from dict on a field and get result for each
Unanswered55 views
regexansibleyaml
Ansible "when" condition is being evaluated once per loop run
Answered46 views
loopsdatetime
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling
Community Size
69,448
Subscribers
15
Active Users
Activity Metrics
98
Posts
6.1
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+17.9%
Strong momentum
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysTips to make Ansible "userfriendly"
r/ansible1 months ago
49(96%)48
Preparing your playbooks for core-2.19
r/ansible20 days ago
41(96%)12
Inventory File Formats (INI, YAML, JSON)?
r/ansible21 days ago
22(86%)31
How I Manage my System and Dotfiles (with Ansible)
r/ansible17 days ago
17(95%)20
Containerized dev environment for learning Ansible?
r/ansible14 days ago
16(100%)18
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Not exactly a hot skill, but beats having 'Excel' as your top tech.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
12,759🇮🇳India
4,585🇫🇷France
3,853🇩🇪Germany
1,952🇬🇧United Kingdom
1,191🇨🇦Canada
851Market Summary
25,191
Total Jobs
🏢
54,161
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
Still Relevant
HN tolerates discussions about Ansible, but the real party's elsewhere.
Mentions
25
Posts
Last mentioned yesterday
Community Interest
Average points15.9
Minimal traction
HN Verdict
Typical orange site discourse: pedantic corrections.
HN karma potential
8/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Ansible: Pure (only in its) pragmatism
25 days ago
168
Ansible: Pure (Only in Its) Pragmatism
25 days ago
161
Fixing Ansible Playbooks
3 months ago
30
Ansible Lineinfile Module: Managing Lines in Text Files
1 months ago
21
Ansible Role to Install SQLite CLI
10 days ago
20
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Fading Away
Creators would get more views livestreaming themselves sleeping than talking about Ansible.
Content Metrics
20
Videos
16.8K
Total Views
Content trend: Stable0.0%
Average Engagement
841
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Ansible:
GANESH TECHNOLOGIES LIFE BOOK !!! 📚
Hobby Channel
Red Hat Ansible Automation
Hobby Channel
TheTechSchkool
Major Creator
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
1 months ago
150
Ansible Lab: Playbooks & Plays for Beginners (2025)
TheTechSchkool
1 months ago
40
Create an Ansible Playbook
TimmerTech
1 months ago
30
Ansible Playbook for NTP Configuration | Automate Multiple Switches in Seconds!
Red Hat Ansible Automation
1 months ago
111
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 9 May 2025 | 40.9% |
| 4 May 2025 | 40.2% |
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