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Is Deno dead?

Deaditude Score:

46.2%
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Stable as a rock. About as exciting as one too.
*Data last collected: 17 Apr 2026, 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 reached maturity with slowing innovation and some early warning signs of potential future decline.

INNOVATION
PEAK
OBSOLESCENCE
⚠️
2018

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

Dead End

Question Metrics

Total Questions
1
Answer Rate
100%
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

13,913
Subscribers
0
Active Users

Activity Metrics

17
Posts
5.3
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-50.0%
Significant drop

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced

💼 Job Market Pulse

Endangered

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

Global Job Distribution

🇫🇷France
33
🇺🇸United States
22
🇩🇪Germany
2
🇨🇦Canada
1
🇮🇳India
1
🇬🇧United Kingdom
0

Market Summary

59
Total Jobs
🏢
668
Companies Using It
A handful of brave companies keeping the dream alive.

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 points28.1
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

Some Content

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

Content Metrics

11
Videos
163.6K
Total Views
Content trend: Explosive growth+133.3%

Average Engagement

14.9K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

Top channels covering Deno:
Prisma
Hobby Channel
Snowflake Developers
Small Creator
Deno
YouTube Royalty
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube

📈Historical Score Timeline

Watch the slow death in progress
DateScore
17 Apr 202646.2%
3 Apr 202653.8%
21 Mar 202647.2%
7 Mar 202647.4%
21 Feb 202649.5%
8 Feb 202651.5%
25 Jan 202645.3%
11 Jan 202651.2%
29 Dec 202552.7%
15 Dec 202540.5%
1 Dec 202549.5%
18 Nov 202545.4%
5 Nov 202558.5%
22 Oct 202544.4%
9 Oct 202544.0%
25 Sept 202538.2%
11 Sept 202538.3%
29 Aug 202548.8%
15 Aug 202545.6%
1 Aug 202548.6%
19 Jul 202552.5%
5 Jul 202551.3%
21 Jun 202527.5%
8 Jun 202528.9%
12 May 202530.1%
9 May 202530.4%
3 May 202524.7%

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