Is Electron dead?
Deaditude Score:
45.7%Still Thriving
Alive0.0%Dead
> Zero drama, zero surprises, zero reasons to update your LinkedIn.
*Data last collected: 6 Nov 2025, 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 reached maturity with slowing innovation and some early warning signs of potential future decline.
INNOVATION
ADOPTION
PEAK
DECLINE
OBSOLESCENCE
โ ๏ธ
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
Needs Help
Question Metrics
Total Questions
9
Answer Rate
0%
Acceptance Rate
0%
Growth
-75%
Recent Questions
How to prevent Electron BrowserWindow from being throttled when other apps are in fullscreen on macOS?
Unanswered48 views
macoselectronchromium
How does Discord reuse code for their desktop and browser apps?
Unanswered44 views
javascriptelectron
Why window.close() from renderer process doesn't trigger the close event in Electron's main process?
Unanswered37 views
javascriptnode.jselectron
๐ฃ๏ธ Reddit Echo Chamber
Still Breathing
Posting about this tech is the Reddit equivalent of shouting into the void
Community Size
12,468
Subscribers
0
Active Users
Activity Metrics
35
Posts
3.3
Avg. Upvotes
Growth Trend
Stable
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0.0%
Holding steady
Community Sentiment
RageMehFanboy
Perfectly Balanced
Popular Discussions
Last 30 daysPimo โ tiny always-on-top Windows popup notes (auto-save + drag/drop images) โ made this for myself, open-sourced it
r/electronjs19 days ago
14(100%)1
Floating overlay in ElectronJS
r/electronjs1 months ago
9(92%)7
๐ผ Job Market Pulse
Thriving
Electron devs are getting snatched up faster than PS5s at launch.
Global Job Distribution
๐บ๐ธUnited States
393,408๐ซ๐ทFrance
40,356๐ฌ๐งUnited Kingdom
16,564๐จ๐ฆCanada
9,866๐ฎ๐ณIndia
8,824๐ฉ๐ชGermany
97Market Summary
469,115
Total Jobs
๐ข
10,078
Companies Using It
The entire industry is hooked on this tech. Resistance is futile.
Reality Check
Marketable Skill Alert!
Electron is still paying the bills in 6 countries. Silicon Valley approves.
Job metrics derived from search results. Actual availability may be worse.
๐ธ Hacker News Discourse
Still Relevant
Electron gets moderate attention on HN. Neither cool nor uncool - just meh.
Mentions
445
Posts
Community Interest
Average points23.7
Moderate buzz
HN Verdict
Surprisingly productive discussion. Must have been a weekend.
HN karma potential
8/10
Notable Discussions
Order bypoints
Ishkur's Guide to Electronic Music
1 months ago
35997
Learning basic electronics by building fireflies
3 months ago
32182
Electron-based apps cause system-wide lag on macOS 26 Tahoe
1 months ago
302214
Efficient Computer's Electron E1 CPU โย 100x more efficient than Arm?
3 months ago
255111
The cryptography behind electronic passports
15 days ago
199122
"Remember that HN commenters once called React.js a terrible idea. Interpret accordingly."
โถ๏ธ YouTube Coverage
Barely Watched
Electron content exists on YouTube. So does flat earth theory.
Content Metrics
16
Videos
58.4K
Total Views
Content trend: Strong uptrend+25.0%
Average Engagement
3.6K
Views per Video
Low10K+ views
Creator Landscape
Top channels covering Electron:
Samik Choudhury
Hobby Channel
Coding with Elsakka
Small Creator
Build Cool Stuffs
Major Creator
Popular Videos
Sorted byviews
Electron.js Crash Course โ Build a Desktop App in 45 Minutes
Coding with Elsakka
2 months ago
937
Electron JS With React JS & Typescript Tutorial For Beginners
Build Cool Stuffs
2 months ago
262
2 months ago
64
Structured Layout in Electron JS Using CSS Grid & Semantic HTML
Build Cool Stuffs
1 months ago
20
"If there's no 3-hour tutorial, does the technology even exist?"YouTube
๐Historical Score Timeline
Watch the slow death in progress
| Date | Score |
|---|---|
| 6 Nov 2025 | 45.7% |
| 25 Oct 2025 | 27.5% |
| 11 Oct 2025 | 54.0% |
| 27 Sept 2025 | 45.7% |
| 14 Sept 2025 | 41.2% |
| 31 Aug 2025 | 36.7% |
| 17 Aug 2025 | 51.0% |
| 4 Aug 2025 | 54.5% |
| 21 Jul 2025 | 54.2% |
| 7 Jul 2025 | 30.7% |
| 24 Jun 2025 | 37.9% |
| 10 Jun 2025 | 28.9% |
| 28 May 2025 | 29.4% |
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