Is django dead?
Deaditude Score:
39.3%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Predictable, constant, and unlikely to appear on any conference t-shirts.
*Data last collected: 19 May 2026, so it might be even worse now, sorry.
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๐ฌComponent 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
โฑ๏ธ Tech Lifecycle Position
Has achieved stable mainstream adoption with robust community support and established patterns.
INNOVATION
ADOPTION
PEAK
DECLINE
OBSOLESCENCE
โจ
2005
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
Holding On
Question Metrics
Total Questions
15
Answer Rate
33%
Acceptance Rate
7%
Growth
-40%
Recent Questions
Celery with Django is now failing on my school project
Unanswered107 views
djangodockerredis
Django class models.textChoices adding extra fields __new__ () positional argument error
Unanswered88 views
pythondjango
Advice on custom user model and custom auth serializers
Unanswered66 views
pythondjangoauthentication
๐ฃ๏ธ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling
Community Size
162,445
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
115
Posts
14.3
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-22.9%
Losing steam
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysdjango in 2026 is quietly the most productive framework
r/django12 days ago
299(98%)53
django application with t3.micro can handle a lot of traffics..
r/django1 months ago
64(100%)22
Zero-config Django profiler: see which views raise silently, which are slow, which get wrong types
r/django24 days ago
58(97%)6
labb 0.4.0, an opensource django-cotton UI library (updates)
r/django1 months ago
59(92%)8
It's time to redesign djangoproject.com
r/django1 months ago
55(95%)20
๐ผ Job Market Pulse
Thriving
django on your resume? Maybe keep a backup skill handy.
Global Job Distribution
๐ฎ๐ณIndia
2,497๐บ๐ธUnited States
1,899๐ซ๐ทFrance
352๐ฌ๐งUnited Kingdom
271๐จ๐ฆCanada
226๐ฉ๐ชGermany
152Market Summary
5,397
Total Jobs
๐ข
67,058
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.
Reality Check
Marketable Skill Alert!
django is still paying the bills in 6 countries.
Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.
๐ธ Hacker News Discourse
Still Relevant
HN tolerates discussions about django, but the real party's elsewhere.
Mentions
127
Posts
Last mentioned 3 days ago
Community Interest
Average points11.4
Minimal traction
HN Verdict
The bikeshedding is strong with this thread.
HN karma potential
6/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Give Django your time and money, not your tokens
2 months ago
442171
Some notes on starting to use Django
4 months ago
257143
Avoiding duplicate objects in Django querysets
4 months ago
327
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
โถ๏ธ YouTube Coverage
Barely Watched
django content exists on YouTube. So does flat earth theory.
Content Metrics
32
Videos
37.4K
Total Views
Content trend: Strong uptrend+27.3%
Average Engagement
1.2K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering django:
Web Tech Knowledge
YouTube Royalty
ZekByte Systems
Hobby Channel
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
2 months ago
3319
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Web Tech Knowledge
2 months ago
282
Every Class-Based View in Django Explained
Pretty Printed
2 months ago
423
2 months ago
00
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
๐Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 19 May 2026 | 39.3% |
| 5 May 2026 | 28.2% |
| 22 Apr 2026 | 43.6% |
| 8 Apr 2026 | 42.5% |
| 25 Mar 2026 | 31.4% |
| 12 Mar 2026 | 40.0% |
| 26 Feb 2026 | 48.2% |
| 12 Feb 2026 | 47.3% |
| 30 Jan 2026 | 42.9% |
| 16 Jan 2026 | 28.7% |
| 2 Jan 2026 | 42.0% |
| 20 Dec 2025 | 32.4% |
| 6 Dec 2025 | 38.9% |
| 22 Nov 2025 | 39.6% |
| 9 Nov 2025 | 35.1% |
| 27 Oct 2025 | 32.0% |
| 13 Oct 2025 | 31.6% |
| 30 Sept 2025 | 28.4% |
| 16 Sept 2025 | 34.0% |
| 2 Sept 2025 | 32.3% |
| 20 Aug 2025 | 44.9% |
| 6 Aug 2025 | 37.9% |
| 23 Jul 2025 | 41.2% |
| 10 Jul 2025 | 32.6% |
| 26 Jun 2025 | 41.8% |
| 12 Jun 2025 | 43.8% |
| 30 May 2025 | 42.7% |
| 10 May 2025 | 35.6% |
| 4 May 2025 | 32.9% |
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