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Is Deno dead?

Deaditude Score:

27.5%
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> You could build the next 100 years of legacy systems with this. Is that a good thing?
*Data last collected: 21 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

Is in its dynamic growth phase with strong momentum, active development, and expanding adoption among organizations.

INNOVATION
PEAK
OBSOLESCENCE
🚀
2018

GitHub Pulse

Maintenance Mode

Weekly Commit Activity

52 weeks agoNow
Stars
103,383
total stars
Forks
5,630
total forks
Open PRs
2,167
open pull requests
Recent Commits
209
last 30 days
Contributors
99
active developers
Pulse Check
Growing
trend assessment

Language Distribution

Rust50.5%
JavaScript28.9%
TypeScript20.5%
CSS0.0%
C0.0%

Stack Overflow Analysis

Needs Help

Question Metrics

Total Questions
6
Answer Rate
17%
Acceptance Rate
17%
Growth
-100%
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

12,966
Subscribers
8
Active Users

Activity Metrics

33
Posts
17.4
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Rising
+50.0%
Strong momentum

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
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Migration Alert

1 mentions of migrating away from Deno detected in discussions. Just a few deserters, for now.

💼 Job Market Pulse

Sparse

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

Global Job Distribution

🇺🇸United States
68
🇫🇷France
65
🇩🇪Germany
3
🇮🇳India
3
🇨🇦Canada
2
🇬🇧United Kingdom
0

Market Summary

141
Total Jobs
🏢
25
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

HN Darling

Deno gets moderate attention on HN. Neither cool nor uncool - just meh.

Mentions

1,000
Posts

Community Interest

Average points26.0
Moderate buzz

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

YouTube algorithm buried Deno content deeper than archaeological discoveries.

Content Metrics

12
Videos
619.0K
Total Views
Content trend: Free falling-66.7%

Average Engagement

51.6K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

Top channels covering Deno:
Jelvix | TECH IN 5 MINUTES
Small Creator
Native Notify
Small Creator
Deno
Small Creator
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube

📈Historical Score Timeline

Watch the slow death in progress
DateScore
21 Jun 202527.5%
8 Jun 202528.9%
12 May 202530.1%
9 May 202530.4%
3 May 202524.7%

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