Is Capacitor dead?
Deaditude Score:
34.7%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> So stable it might as well be in a museum.
*Data last collected: 2 Sept 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
✨
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
Active Support
Question Metrics
Total Questions
10
Answer Rate
20%
Acceptance Rate
0%
Growth
+50%
Recent Questions
Support for 16 KB devices on Capacitor
Answered327 views
androidgoogle-play-consolecapacitor
Capacitor (React + Android emulator) not sending HttpOnly cookie back to server, works fine in browser
Unanswered39 views
reactjscapacitorreact-dom
Android WebView: First tap on <label for="..."> focuses input but does not open soft keyboard (IME)
Unanswered35 views
androidwebviewandroid-webview
🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void
Community Size
1,482
Subscribers
5
Active Users
Activity Metrics
18
Posts
4.7
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+100.0%
Strong momentum
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysCapacitor SignalR now available
r/capacitor23 days ago
11(100%)1
Camera-preview ++: Capacitor plugin that includes all you need to takes picture in your app
r/capacitor24 days ago
8(83%)2
I created Streako, a social sports picking app.
r/capacitor1 months ago
6(88%)3
Should I go React Native or Next.js + Capacitor for my daily journaling app?
r/capacitor25 days ago
6(88%)13
Share Target Plugin for Capacitor
r/capacitor26 days ago
6(88%)0
💼 Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Capacitor jobs exist. So does Bigfoot, allegedly.
Global Job Distribution
🇺🇸United States
1,126🇮🇳India
134🇩🇪Germany
51🇨🇦Canada
50🇬🇧United Kingdom
47🇫🇷France
27Market Summary
1,435
Total Jobs
🏢
4,295
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
11
Posts
Community Interest
Average points66.9
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)?
2 months ago
71
Show HN: Stop saving your scans on 3rd party servers
19 days ago
31
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
▶️ YouTube Coverage
Barely Watched
Capacitor content exists on YouTube. So does flat earth theory.
Content Metrics
2
Videos
94.7K
Total Views
Content trend: Stable0.0%
Average Engagement
47.3K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Capacitor:
Lab RATS Engineering Electronic Tutorial
Growing Channel
Hans Rosenberg
Growing Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
The most misunderstood concept in decoupling
Hans Rosenberg
NaN years ago
5.9K520
EE1000v116 Tech Talks Testing a Capacitor
Lab RATS Engineering Electronic Tutorial
NaN years ago
1131
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
📈Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 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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