Is Capacitor dead?
Deaditude Score:
55.5%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> It compiles, but it also cries.
*Data last collected: 13 Oct 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
⚠️
2020
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
Needs Help
Question Metrics
Total Questions
10
Answer Rate
20%
Acceptance Rate
10%
Growth
-25%
Recent Questions
Capacitor Firebase Firestore onSnapshot returning Promise breaks React useEffect cleanup with "TypeError: e is not a function"
Unanswered41 views
javascriptreactjsfirebase
How to get react + capacitor app to run on http instead of https?
Unanswered27 views
androidreactjshttp
Vercel AI-SDK not streaming with Capacitor
Unanswered26 views
streamingcapacitorserver-sent-events
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void
Community Size
1,603
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
21
Posts
6.9
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-50.0%
Significant drop
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 dayscapacitor packages will start passing 1 million downloads per month on npm in 2026.
r/capacitor14 days ago
28(100%)9
Launched my first app to the AppStore using Capacitor JS built with Vanilla JS
r/capacitor18 days ago
21(100%)14
What plugin are you missing or not up to date?
r/capacitor23 days ago
13(89%)63
Jailbreak/Root Detection Plugin for Capacitor
r/capacitor22 days ago
10(92%)2
Plugin to run local LLM included apple AI
r/capacitor27 days ago
9(91%)1
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Capacitor jobs exist. So does Bigfoot, allegedly.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
1,207🇮🇳India
127🇬🇧United Kingdom
60🇨🇦Canada
54🇩🇪Germany
37🇫🇷France
16Market Summary
1,501
Total Jobs
🏢
4,581
Companies Using It
Major players still rely on this. Job security... for now.
Reality Check
Marketable Skill Alert!
Capacitor 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
Capacitor gets moderate attention on HN. Neither cool nor uncool - just meh.
Mentions
12
Posts
Community Interest
Average points58.0
Noteworthy
HN Verdict
Typical orange site discourse: pedantic corrections.
HN karma potential
8/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
What's your experience using Lynx (mobile framework)?
3 months ago
71
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Crickets
Capacitor has fewer YouTube tutorials than "How to Breathe Air".
Content Metrics
0
Videos
0
Total Views
Content trend: Stable0.0%
Average Engagement
0
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
No creators have bothered with Capacitor content yet.
No videos found for Capacitor.
Even TikTok dances about programming languages get more content than this.
Search on YouTube"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 13 Oct 2025 | 55.5% |
| 29 Sept 2025 | 47.8% |
| 16 Sept 2025 | 47.2% |
| 2 Sept 2025 | 34.7% |
| 19 Aug 2025 | 49.9% |
| 6 Aug 2025 | 43.9% |
| 23 Jul 2025 | 44.4% |
| 9 Jul 2025 | 51.9% |
| 26 Jun 2025 | 49.1% |
| 12 Jun 2025 | 49.0% |
| 29 May 2025 | 55.5% |
| 10 May 2025 | 58.1% |
| 4 May 2025 | 53.1% |
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