Is Ansible dead?
Deaditude Score:
47.4%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> So stable it makes COBOL look cutting-edge.
*Data last collected: 8 Jul 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
21
Answer Rate
38%
Acceptance Rate
14%
Growth
-50%
Recent Questions
Is there a way to force ansible to use ssh key for jumphost while password to target host?
Unanswered56 views
sshansiblejumphost
Ansible Playbook error with netcommon bad escape
Unanswered54 views
ansibleyamljinja2
Ansible aws_ec2 dynamic inventory issue deriving a parent group directly from groups defined by EC2 tags
Answered25 views
amazon-ec2ansibleansible-inventory
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void
Community Size
70,662
Subscribers
13
Active Users
Activity Metrics
72
Posts
9.3
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-22.6%
Losing steam
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysPatch Management with Ansible
r/ansible19 days ago
74(97%)7
How we built an ISO 27001 compliance system using Ansible, Grafana, and Terraform
r/ansible12 days ago
58(89%)2
Why We Chose Ansible for Infrastructure as Code
r/ansible14 days ago
37(75%)27
[fluff] Guess I didn't use the magic word...
r/ansible1 months ago
34(93%)2
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Not exactly a hot skill, but beats having 'Excel' as your top tech.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
11,403🇮🇳India
3,533🇫🇷France
3,137🇩🇪Germany
2,046🇬🇧United Kingdom
932🇨🇦Canada
679Market Summary
21,730
Total Jobs
🏢
67,021
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
29
Posts
Community Interest
Average points35.9
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
22 days ago
300194
Red Hat Ansible and HashiCorp Terraform Will Be Coming Together
1 months ago
3812
Ansible: Pure (only in its) pragmatism
2 months ago
168
Ansible: Pure (Only in Its) Pragmatism
2 months ago
161
Terraform and Ansible is not enough
1 months ago
41
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Fading Away
Ansible content exists on YouTube. So does flat earth theory.
Content Metrics
3
Videos
26.1K
Total Views
Content trend: Stable0.0%
Average Engagement
8.7K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Ansible:
Abhishek.Veeramalla
Growing Channel
Kunal Kushwaha
Small Creator
Diego Arias
Hobby Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
Terraform + Ansible End to End Demo | Best way to use Terraform + Ansible in Realtime
Abhishek.Veeramalla
1 months ago
63085
Learn Infrastructure Automation in 15 Minutes | Automate Ansible Playbooks at Scale with Kestra
Kunal Kushwaha
1 months ago
21155
![[fluff] Guess I didn't use the magic word...](https://i.redd.it/qybuttxws06f1.png){kind=link}
11 days ago
30
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 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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