Is Ansible dead?
Deaditude Score:
58.2%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Github repo has more dust than stars.
*Data last collected: 31 May 2026, 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
Struggling
Question Metrics
Total Questions
4
Answer Rate
25%
Acceptance Rate
0%
Growth
-100%
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void
Community Size
78,313
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
41
Posts
10.8
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-25.0%
Losing steam
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysBuilt a Dockerized Ansible lab with a browser-based IDE
r/ansible23 days ago
50(95%)6
Ansible Automation Platform 2.7 is available for download
r/ansible16 days ago
38(97%)21
Ansible for large compute cluster
r/ansible1 months ago
31(94%)14
Windows alternative to Ansible-Pull
r/ansible1 months ago
27(92%)20
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Not exactly a hot skill, but beats having 'Excel' as your top tech.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
14,743🇮🇳India
3,264🇫🇷France
3,081🇩🇪Germany
1,368🇬🇧United Kingdom
967🇨🇦Canada
600Market Summary
24,023
Total Jobs
🏢
83,741
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
Community Interest
Average points6.8
Stone cold silence
HN Verdict
Posted in the HN equivalent of a whisper.
HN karma potential
6/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Deploying to IPv6-Only Hetzner with Kamal and Ansible
1 months ago
45
Show HN: testing Ansible playbooks *fast*
2 months ago
20
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Fading Away
Ansible content is about as appealing as 240p videos in 2023.
Content Metrics
26
Videos
26.4K
Total Views
Content trend: Slight decline-20.0%
Average Engagement
1.0K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Ansible:
Raman Sharma
Small Creator
DevTestBuildClass
Hobby Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
2 months ago
45875
2 months ago
41
2 months ago
10
2 months ago
10
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 31 May 2026 | 58.2% |
| 17 May 2026 | 52.4% |
| 3 May 2026 | 59.9% |
| 20 Apr 2026 | 56.7% |
| 6 Apr 2026 | 59.1% |
| 23 Mar 2026 | 57.0% |
| 10 Mar 2026 | 57.3% |
| 24 Feb 2026 | 53.0% |
| 10 Feb 2026 | 50.8% |
| 28 Jan 2026 | 39.8% |
| 14 Jan 2026 | 33.8% |
| 31 Dec 2025 | 58.6% |
| 18 Dec 2025 | 58.0% |
| 4 Dec 2025 | 47.0% |
| 20 Nov 2025 | 46.8% |
| 7 Nov 2025 | 35.4% |
| 25 Oct 2025 | 44.0% |
| 11 Oct 2025 | 45.2% |
| 28 Sept 2025 | 33.2% |
| 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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