Is This Tech Dead?
Is This Tech Dead?
Oct 23, 2025Live
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Is Docker dead?

Deaditude Score:

29.2%
ⓘ How is this calculated?
Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Enterprise-ready, which is code for 'boringly reliable'.
*Data last collected: 17 Oct 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
🚀
2013

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
90
Answer Rate
20%
Acceptance Rate
8%
Growth
+58%
In the last 30 days

Recent Questions

Cache-from with Docker build image in AzureDevOps throws error because of tag
Unanswered52 views
dockercachingazure-devops
Container Port Mapping Issue
Unanswered45 views
sql-serverdockerdocker-desktop
Prometheus EC2 service discovery inside Docker on EC2 fails with “static credentials are empty” even though IMDS works
Unanswered28 views
amazon-web-servicesdockeramazon-ec2

🗣️ Reddit Echo Chamber

Still Breathing

Not dead yet, but the Reddit vultures are circling

Community Size

287,697
Subscribers
0
Active Users

Activity Metrics

180
Posts
9.4
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Falling
-3.3%
Minor decline

Community Sentiment

RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
🚨

Migration Alert

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

Popular Discussions

Last 30 days
Docker isn’t magic — it’s just Linux. I traced how containerd, runc, namespaces & cgroups make it all work
r/docker19 days ago
710(94%)84
Is Dockerhub down?
r/docker28 days ago
138(97%)81
Rootless docker has become easy
r/docker15 days ago
123(88%)56
Part 2: I implemented a Docker container from scratch using only bash commands!
r/docker10 days ago
113(88%)25
When not to use docker?
r/docker1 months ago
81(93%)85
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💼 Job Market Pulse

Thriving

Not exactly a hot skill, but beats having 'Excel' as your top tech.

Global Job Distribution

🇺🇸United States
32,455
🇮🇳India
12,551
🇫🇷France
5,431
🇩🇪Germany
3,738
🇬🇧United Kingdom
2,937
🇨🇦Canada
2,485

Market Summary

59,597
Total Jobs
🏢
188,080
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.

Reality Check

Marketable Skill Alert!

Docker is still paying the bills in 6 countries. Silicon Valley approves.

Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.

Source: Adzuna

🔸 Hacker News Discourse

Still Relevant

HN tolerates discussions about Docker, but the real party's elsewhere.

Mentions

406
Posts

Community Interest

Average points19.6
Minimal traction

HN Verdict

The comment section reads like a civil war between fanboys and haters.
HN karma potential
8/10

Notable Discussions

Order bypoints
I ditched Docker for Podman
1 months ago
1123654
The Deletion of Docker.io/Bitnami
1 months ago
348246
Switching Pip to Uv in a Dockerized Flask / Django App
4 months ago
273157
Switching to Claude Code and VSCode Inside Docker
3 months ago
265161
Docker Hub Is Down
28 days ago
199100
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"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."

▶️ YouTube Coverage

Barely Watched

Docker content is about as appealing as 240p videos in 2023.

Content Metrics

31
Videos
1.9M
Total Views
Content trend: Slight decline-16.7%

Average Engagement

62.3K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views

Creator Landscape

Top channels covering Docker:
VirtualizationHowto
Growing Channel
edureka!
Small Creator
Docker
Small Creator

Popular Videos

Sorted byviews
2 months ago
63515
1 months ago
3023
1 months ago
381
1 months ago
94
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
DateScore
17 Oct 202529.2%
3 Oct 202523.7%
20 Sept 202522.6%
6 Sept 202521.8%
23 Aug 202530.9%
10 Aug 202528.1%
27 Jul 202528.9%
13 Jul 202536.7%
30 Jun 202527.1%
16 Jun 202525.8%
2 Jun 202530.9%
10 May 202524.6%

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