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Is Astro dead?

Deaditude Score:

35.6%
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Will be running unchanged in production when the sun explodes.
*Data last collected: 6 Jun 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
PEAK
OBSOLESCENCE
2021

GitHub Pulse

Active Development

Weekly Commit Activity

52 weeks agoNow
Stars
51,502
total stars
Forks
2,769
total forks
Open PRs
184
open pull requests
Recent Commits
83
last 30 days
Contributors
99
active developers
Pulse Check
Declining
trend assessment

Language Distribution

TypeScript54.1%
JavaScript42.1%
Astro3.2%
CSS0.2%
Vue0.2%

Stack Overflow Analysis

Dead End

Question Metrics

Total Questions
0
Answer Rate
0%
Acceptance Rate
0%
Growth
0%
In the last 30 days

🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber

Still Breathing

Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void

Community Size

7,351
Subscribers
6
Active Users

Activity Metrics

46
Posts
8.9
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+7.1%
Strong momentum

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced

💼 Job Market Pulse

Sparse

Resume with Astro skills? Perfect for your paper airplane collection.

Global Job Distribution

🇺🇸United States
338
🇬🇧United Kingdom
55
🇮🇳India
31
🇨🇦Canada
21
🇩🇪Germany
20
🇫🇷France
20

Market Summary

485
Total Jobs
🏢
34
Companies Using It
A few courageous (or stubborn) companies still on board.

Reality Check

Career Suicide Watch

Time to update your LinkedIn. And by "update" we mean "remove {tech.name} entirely"

Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.

🔸 Hacker News Discourse

Still Relevant

HN tolerates discussions about Astro, but the real party's elsewhere.

Mentions

843
Posts

Community Interest

Average points16.4
Minimal traction

HN Verdict

The bikeshedding is strong with this thread.
HN karma potential
8/10
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."

▶️ YouTube Coverage

Barely Watched

YouTubers discovered Astro generates ad revenue. Brace for 10:01 videos.

Content Metrics

12
Videos
114.0K
Total Views
Content trend: Explosive growth+100.0%

Average Engagement

9.5K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

Top channels covering Astro:
DevWebApp
Hobby Channel
GadgetryTech
Growing Channel
SarahMaths Astro
Growing Channel
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube

📈Historical Score Timeline

Watch the slow death in progress
DateScore
6 Jun 202535.6%
11 May 202532.3%

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